Originally Posted by
Ellen
I didn't even read the thread, so parden my bantoring.
There is no shortage of pilots. BUT, there is a shortage of pilots willing to work for $19,000 (below poverty level) a year. Make that $60,000 a year and I bet the market will be flooded with pilots.
THANK YOU!!!!! SERIOUSLY!
I'm not working for 19,000 a year... or anything less than 45k a year my first year... and that's still not cutting it! I have bills to pay, I dont honestly know how ANY of you do it. Rent, insurance, GAS (holy cow, what an unexpected factor), FOOD, come on seriously, rammen noodles or what? I like steak once a month you can't live on 1800 a month like AAE is offering. "oh but we'll give you the choice of domiciles." they tell me... I said "yeah, living in south florida on 1800 a month with a wife, and all the responsibilities associated, I need more money, sorry." I would have LOVED to work for those guys and I had to turn away because they were going to pay me peanuts, no pun intended. Like I have said in posts 6-12 months ago (last time I was really looking at this site)
HEY AIRLINE INDUSTRY,
SHOW ME THE MONEY