Originally Posted by
de727ups
Another thing to consider from the OP is where salaries top out. Teachers? maybe 100K in a few high COL areas. Airline pilots? Could be 200K someday...
You can't condem an airline career based on a first year pay comparasion with a teacher.
Ah but a teacher gets tenure making it extremely difficult to lose their job. The same can't be said for us.
And teachers also get pensions. That being said, I have no desire to be a teacher.