Originally Posted by
123494
Tell that to a DAL captain making $500k a year.
I don't give two ****s what the delta captain is doing. It's his life, let him do as he wishes.
If someone entered the business to make as much money as they can and fly as little as they can, bully for them.
Not all of us entered flying to do that. Personally I began flying because I wanted to fly as much as possible.
As for a life outside of the job, there's plenty. This year I've had nearly three months off with no duties at all, thanks to the job. That's three months non-stop, nothing to do but go shoot steel competitions, tinker, spend time at a resort with the wife, travel to see kids, even do other work.
I've got Christmas off, and Thanksgiving off. Each of the kids birthdays off. The wife's birthda. off. Our anniversary off. I spent five days in Brazil where my hardest choice was where to eat next. Same in Chile. Two weeks in Europe, and so on.
Five hundred grand is nice, and everyone who does ACMI understands that it doesn't pay what the delta captain is getting. Big, ****ing deal. Seriously.
Not everybody grows up with the privilege, not everyone wants it, and no, money is not everything. Not by a long shot.
Those who are so arrogant as to peer down their noses at everyone else must really believe that the world envies them. What a hollow existence.