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I think your anecdotes are dismissive. The bottom line is wages have not kept up with housing prices.
I think as legacy airline pilots we have a tendency to silo ourselves. We have a niche, unicorn job where we are 10-1% income earners clocking in and clocking out 0-15 days a month with excellent benefits and retirement. No phone calls, no boss breathing down your neck, no team to manage. This kind of deal does not exist elsewhere in the private sector.
I work for a ULCC and make 330K which is more than a lot of doctors. I fly around look out the window watch company related videos on my iPad and go home on my days off like you said and I am not bothered on my days off. I think our days are numbered though I’d say in the next 10 years there will be robot first officers in other countries maybe not in the US quite yet. This job is just too easy with the automation involved..