Originally Posted by
flyguy81
Told my parents I wanted to be a pilot. They said, "Good luck....sounds expensive". Didn't give me a cent for college. Worked my tail off to pay for school with as few loans as possible. Went to a regional, paid off $40k in student loans in 5 years. Debt free except for the mortgage. Building a custom home with 0 financial help from anyone.
How is actually achieving industry leading 737 pay for the same guarantee considered rolling up short? I'm not content with good enough....I'm content with industry leading pay for the plane I fly. At the end of the day, if you compare 2,3,4 day trips to OAL's and I make more....I'm content. Right now that's not the case, with this CBA it will be or I'l vote no. My mom is plenty proud, thanks....I make nearly 4x what she does, do a fraction of the work, and have more in my 401k at 42 than she does at 64. Maybe don't treat your kid like they're a complete moron and they might be more responsive to advice you're giving. Or be a spiteful shrew and complain to a bunch of strangers that your kid is an idiot.
Thats not very nice that you flex on your own mother like that. I hope that makes you feel good being so special and all.
Do you ever think maybe the reason you are so fantastically wealthy is the fast that those before you at least tried to raise the bar? I see many of the same qualities in my own son, who in 20 years...I'm afraid will be just like you, willing to settle for less.