Originally Posted by
jbizon
If you want to be an airline pilot don't quit. If you want to fly there is plenty of other aviation jobs where you won't get furloughed. You just gotta get the job and that might take a while now.
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Yes, this.
I started out with a pretty tight group in GA days, most of us who stuck it out (and had a degree) were major airline CA's at the start of 2020, $200-300k+, good QOL.
Several others who had bailed along the way were slogging out in the white-collar grind, for about $100K. They were all considering picking back up where they left off as regional FO's, and collectively had almost worked themselves up to pull the trigger (fortunately they didn't quite work up the nerve before covid).
The industry does seem to reward persistence, but don't ever pass on an opportunity for career advancement if possible.