Originally Posted by
rickdb
SAAB,
You are right, 100k is very attainable. My friend has been flying for Skywest for seven years, and makes around 110K. He knows how to work the schedule, and still has a ton of days off.
Problem is, your buddy is going to retire at 65 from Skywest still making 100k. It won't buy much by then.
Jimmy: Do not even consider becoming a pilot. Whether you do or don't, doesn't affect me at all, but unless you can live at your parents house for the next 10 plus years, on and off again, then forget it. The money blows and it will never come back to the pax side of things. Very few barriers to entry (for the airlines) and the internet equals very low wages for pax pilots.