Originally Posted by
NetJets_DA2Easy
It's not sad at all, he left for a short haul truck driving job, home every night to sleep with his wife in his own bed, probably makes 80k - 100K or more a year, hell of a lot better than a regional pilot job and most flying jobs.
Nope I bet your regional FO W2 he DOESN'T, not short haul anyway. My wife's Uncle is still a short haul day trucker out of SUX (Sioux City IA), he was in the mid 40's last year. Got to be a long haul trucker and gone 5 or 6 out of 7 to make that kind of money. Saw a long haul trucker on TV, he talked about checking in with his family about every two weeks! And he liked his job!
We think we have it bad, truckers have to fight a working culture that, at it's worst mind you, encourages log book doctoring, breaking DOT rules, popping pills, and frequenting truck stop prostitutes.
No offense to my high minded Trucker friends. My wife has two Uncles who truck. I like dem trucks.