Originally Posted by 1013dot25hPa
Flaps9,
I completely agree with you. I enjoy flying, love my job, and we're financially definitely not hurting by any means even if both of us loose our jobs.
The point is that something went wrong in this industry. I'm not sure who's fault it is, airlines, unions or we as pilots. Probably a combination.
My initial post was intended to show that "simple" workers like the forklift driver makes more money than we do, definitely to start off with, and maybe even over his entire career span as well. And that is very sad.
I will definitely be hanging in there. There is NO WAY I will do something else but fly, which makes me most likely part of the problem if you look at the larger picture.
1013dot25hPa:
I agree with what you post, in terms of pay...it's not what it use to be. What ever happened to being fairly compensated for high risk jobs?
I could get back into airport management and in 10 years be making the same as a 10yr Captain...maybe more depending on which airport I'm at and what position (Director or Asst. Director of Airport Operations or higher) I'm in.
On the other hand, being an employee of a major cable company, I'd rather make 24K being an FO...(starting pay) and enjoy the work, as oppose to making 30K to 40K and dread having to come to work everyday like I'm experiencing now.
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