Originally Posted by UConnQB14
for the previous post, especially if you are a pilot, i cant see any logical reason why you would say to kill the AOPA, etc. i for one, am a civilian student moving up the ranks, recently going from private to instrument in 4 months... im sorry if my initiative gets in the way of your petty payscale, but some people (maybe like yourself) at one point dreamed of being a pilot... maybe there are too many pilots out there to fill the needs of airlines, but i can promise there are thousands of people out there that arent going for your job and just love to fly (remember, like you used to)... they dont want the money, flying alone does it for them... it is dissappointing to see someone say to kill the future of this great thing we have... maybe it is people like you that are dragging the industry down and not the civilian GA pilot like myself who are just trying to be happy in the cockpit living out a silly childhood dream...
.. if you cant tell, the previous post irritates me greatly
It is not a petty payscale. This is our career, for us, for our families. We do love to fly. That, like you, is why we do it. We have choosen to make a career out of it. We expect to be paid what we are worth, and right now, it is not happening. If you are coming to the airlines, you too will be complaining in a very short period of time. YES, YOU WILL. I am only a few years removed from where you are. If you just want to fly, go get yourself an office job that will allow you to buy your own airplane, or at least rent one on a regular basis. If not, you might want to be a little supportive of the people who are determining what YOUR pay is going to be when you get here. I wish you best of luck...
...if you can't tell, the previous post irritates me a little bit.