I worked at my local airport pumping gas and towing airplanes...Then got lucky with a job flying as an FO on a corporate jet...Then I left and went to American Eagle...Not fun, and low pay, but I never thought of leaving flying....I didn't have parents that could buy my ratings...I didn't have money for college...I just busted my but getting whatever I could...At 29 I was typed on the DC-10 as a captain...And still flying it today in that seat 11 years later...Maybe I didn't turn away from aviation, because I made the real sacrifices that make true professionals...I don't know?...I never got the interviews at any Major airlines with the lack of college, and I don't make what a FedEx 10 driver makes...But I'm doing better then most of the major captains saleries and happy with my job...Stay positive and true to your dreams and you'll find that those driving a forklift will never be happy at there day at work....Sorry for sounding like a preacher...Stay united as a labor group and get the trash out of the corporate offices...Cheers