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Old 08-12-2017 | 07:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Antney
Still can't get over the low pay. That's really too bad. I own a construction company that is union and our guys can easily make over 100k after their apprenticeship school which is 3 years but they start out making 40k with full pension and health care. Crazy how that works in perspective.


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At age 55 they'll be physically broken. Most 55 y/o pilots will be looking at ten more years of $250K+ with 15-18 days off/month. So pilots are willing to put up with it.

I've always thought it would be nice if the aviation field was leveled a bit, ie a little more compensation in the beginning, but a little less later on. Is what it is.
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