Originally Posted by
MELedMel
1M combined worth is middle class
Depends on whether you want to include the ultra wealthy who skew the numbers. The average net worth in the United States is around 1M, but the median is under 200,000, which is a far better indicator of where most people actually fall.
Originally Posted by
MELedMel
I mean I hop in the back of regional airliners knowing how inexperienced and rote many of their ex ****ty 172 CFIs are, and I hop in the back of majors knowing they are mostly flown by the same people who used to fly the regional.
The difference is the those ****ty 172 CFIs earned a type rating for their transport category aircraft, completed line training, and are required to go through recurrent sim every six to twelve months. They have constant oversight from check airmen, line checks, and data monitoring. The system builds multiple layers of supervision and standardization around them.
Originally Posted by
MELedMel
The average airline type guy I run in the FAA airmen’s registry comes back bare bones, ATP MEL, CPL SEL, expired CFI and that’s about that, that tells me they are more about the check compared to the flying and that’s A LOT of pilots.
The amount who care to go above and beyond and continue to grow as an aviator past their duty off is a SMALL number across the board.
Being an airline pilot is a full time job, especially for commuters and junior pilots. Many are also involved in union work, training department, and/or line training. None of that suggests a lack of interest in professional growth. A lot of pilots simply have no desire to go back to single engine pistons. They get their flying fix from the job itself.