SAABaroowski

I think that the point is that the brass ring really doesn't exist anymore. Why go through all the BS at the regionals only to face making as much as a big city garbageman at the majors? Why not stay at home with your family and enjoy a new profession that offers a similar wage but more security and a better quality of life?

Pilots love to hold up the ten year captain pay scale at their dream airline as justification for all their sacrifices but the problem is that by the time you get there there has been pay cuts, mergers, layoffs and shutdowns. We all have seen how aviation has been in decline over the last 20 years. Just project that trend into the future and see what you get.

It is not whining but common sense and an interest in self preservation. You have only been in the profession for two years. You don't have a wife and children at home who depend on you. Until you reach that point you possibly can not understand what myself and others are concerned about.



SkyHigh