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Old 07-22-2008, 11:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Learflyer View Post
Once again, I entered the field with "determination" knowing what the pay, and qol was. That's because it WAS in line with Doctors/lawyers, etc. This is the age of the RJ kid. I got in mostly for the love of flying, and I still do love flying. I didn't get in for the pay. Although it didn't hurt! I got in back in 1990. The salaries were still extremely good, the prospects of a job were realistic, and there were a bunch of jobs to choose from. Some of you young fellas might not remember when SWA was laughed at as a place to work!
I'm sure $100k flight schools and pay to play FO programs didn't help the overall pay (although, figure it might have... as more money was being made...in the end just showed the value of a pilot, and that wasn't much)
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