Why do pilots always sling poo at each other? Why do we always beat on our chest talking about how we survived the hard days like it’s something to be proud of? Quite frankly, it’s embarrassing to me to say that I once knowingly took a job flying a plane making less than 20k a year. I was briefly a part of the problem, if it wasn’t for me and my classmates taking that job maybe that airline would have tanked even sooner. I could have found another job in a different career, but I didn’t. Therefore I don’t sit back and tell someone how easy they have it when they feel like things could be better.


Life is all about choices. We all made choices to attain the ratings and pursue a career as a pilot, we made choices to work for certain companies for a certain level of compensation knowingly so. Last I checked, our military was an all volunteer service for the last 50 or so years. So we all made the choice to enlist or seek a commission and expose ourselves to the conditions that were presented to us. Time to stop the poo slinging and collectively better the career for those that follow