Originally Posted by Snotrocket

So $44,000 a year isn't enough for a 20 year old pilot right at 135 mins with no turbine experience?

I never had a Wendy's job that gave me a 10 hour break in the middle of my day to go do whatever I wanted.


I get your point, and I'm not sure what base your at, but for the 18 months I was out stationed based, I hardly felt like I was truly on duty that whole time. Instead it felt like, show up, work for 3ish hours, go home, take a nap, watch tv, go fishing, whatever, back to work for 3 hours, go eat Mexican food with the gang, watch tv, fall asleep, rinse and repeat. Not bad at all.

It's all in the mindset. FORTUNATELY, my mindset is that of a young guy with no wife or kids yet, so it's all fun and games to me :-D