Originally Posted by Motosaki

I am getting mixed signals from everything I read here. Some say that there is no way of ever making a career in aviation, all hope is lost, give up now, woe is me. I assumed that these posts were from the pilots that have not yet found the success they want, so I took it with a grain of salt. Now you are saying if I enter the field with an attitude of working hard and not expecting much right away, I will be stuck in the cycle for the rest of my life, while being a homewrecker of older, higher paid pilots.

Bottom line, I am in this for all the right reasons. I want to be a pilot. I am determined to get what I want. If me being willing to work for lower wages gets someone laid off I think that is truly a ****ty thing, but it is the harsh reality of big business as all of you know. I know young kids like me are probably detested by the more experienced pilots in the field, having SJS as you call it.

I don't expect to work for a major airline without a college degree. I may decide to get a bachelors in a flight related field and I might not. All I want out of this is to be doing what I love and eventually make a reasonable living. When I say reasonable, I mean enough to have a roof over my head and food in my stomach.