Originally Posted by
de727ups
"The helicopter guy was making a rational comparison between his career prospects and the cost it took to get there."
I wonder why he didn't do that before he even started? The helicoptor biz has always been harder to get into, higher cost to train, and a lower paying career. It's been that way for a long, long, time. Yet, many folks seem to be happy doing that job. More power to them. Whenever a kid asks me about a flying helicopters for a living, I tell him to join the army to fly. You don't even need a four year degree. But, I don't think there are nearly as many 100K chopper jobs as fixed wing jobs.
I imagine that he started his training with the same delusions of grandeur that fixed with guys start with. It just seems silly to think that after all the sacrifices that pilots would make so little, but they do.
Usually it is too late by the time reality begins to sink in.
SkyHigh