Originally Posted by
CODs4ever
$125K in 6 months in Finance, and then later $120K per year as a G5 First Officer, all before the age of 24? You are doing better that 99.99% of all the civilian pilots out there. It's almost unbelievable, but I actually believe you.
You must be of the "well above average" intelligence level to graduate from Wharton by the age of 20 with a degree in finance. I don't mean to sound negative, but with a mind like yours, you very well might get bored after only a few years of being an airline pilot, in which case you could very easily move over to management at United (or any airline for that matter).
If you make that move, at least you will have a good perspective of what life is like as a typical line pilot (something that a lot of management seems to lack), and hopefully you will be able to sympathize with the pilot's union when it comes to making decisions on the future of the company, should you ever be in a position to make those kinds of decisions.
Good luck.
Thank you Sir but I don't think I will be moving into management anytime soon. Some clarification about salary, the 125k earned at Blackstone is not a straight salary..It includes salary and a performance bonus. Salary alone for the 6 months was about $65k. Another thing to note are the insane hours at work for that amount, so hourly it doesn't come out to more than what an RN makes in a hospital..Secondly, as a pilot, I was earning about $35,000 a year flying charters before getting a flying gig at Blackstone. I started flying the Gulfstream recently so I haven't earned $120k yet since its been a few months but yes the salary here(including per diem, etc) is about 10k a month..