Originally Posted by Das Auto

I really feel for the 10 year expressjet F.O who never broke six figures but finally got hired by a major airline, then this happens. The huge cost and debt incurred from learning to fly and college education (for the majority that have a degree) certainly warrant the kind of frustration that Johnny jet prop and others feel the need to vent.
Someone once told me that a career in aviation is similar to a career in acting. Sure, some go all the way and make huge sums of money (Brad Pitt meets FedEx captain) but the majority don't go that far.

Regardless, I don't have much sympathy for someone who used to make $60,000,000 a year but now only makes $45,000,000 a year because they can no longer move a ball from one end of a field or court to the other in the name of entertainment.

In no way was that a comparison to the airlines on my part and I'm still baffled as to how some came to that conclusion.