Originally Posted by
Dolphinflyer
What we tend not to hear during the "grass is always greener" discussions are the number of 50+ year olds in these other careers with great pay, bonuses, pensions and responsibility who are summarily terminated with no real hope of regaining similar positions at that age. The "Rockstars" of course tend to do well, but that bid position seems limited.
Pilots tend not to understand this. Once you've made it in the white-collar world... then you have to keep it. Every day. Every single day. And that includes days off.
Frankly if you're a highly paid, highly experienced (translation: old) worker you're either a rockstar or a target. Somebody can fire you, hire a 20-something for 1/3 your pay, and then claim a $15K bonus on their annual evaluation for efficiency.