Originally Posted by
Careercfi
Why is it so important to you that people walk in your shoes?
I don't think anyone is trying to tell you that you are wrong. You are just not playing with a full deck if you tell people that this job is so bad.
I ask, why are there thousands of kids getting into it, if what you say is general knowledge?
I am not trying to stop a true believer from joining the ranks. The problem it that there is a lot of mis-information out there. People are being led into false expectations in order to sell pilots licenses.
Thousands of kids are getting into an over bloated market only to find out later that they have wasted years of their lives and a small fortune. There are 40,000 applications at SWA. Pilots who meet SWA's high standards for the hope of 400 jobs.
The only way this profession makes financial sense is for there to be a job at SWA or UPS within a few years of graduating. 39,600 pilots will leave empty handed.
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