Originally Posted by 1013dot25hPa
Fosters,
What's the difference? Making 22K flying for a Regional being based out of there or making 38K driving a forklift. Both jobs don't cut it. But the guy or girl with HS Diploma makes almost twice the amount a Regional/Cargo/FAR 135 guy makes. Am I wrong?
Nope, 22k x 2 = 44k, which is close enough to 38k. Pretty crazy...but people don't rent forklifts for fun, either. And I bet they don't subcontract out the work to multiple companies, pitting everyone against each other.
[/quote]To give you an indication, my wife, runs heavy earth moving equipment and makes close to 90K/yr (base). She is NOT an acception... There are many more like her out there making that kind of $ I on the other hand with my 4 yr degree and an ATP make barely over 30K and I'm NOT an acception either
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Go run heavy earth moving equipment, then. Don't complain about the pay if you're willing to do the job. Those jobs pay that much because they have to - otherwise people wouldn't do them. Did she just walk into that job, (ie no training, no past experience?)? I'd bet she had some previous experience working other types of smaller equipment before making $90k.
Oh, and another counter point - how many people rent earth moving equipment for fun? I can think of about ZERO.
Her job does sound cool, though. $90k, huh? WTF are you doing working!?! I'd be golfing every day playing "mr. mom".