Originally Posted by
determined2fly
I find it difficult to live on 30k/per year here in Hawaii. Maybe if there were two earners living in the same household, live would be alot better. I currently live in a small studio just outside Waikiki. I pay 850/mo. It is possible to find 600/month but that would either mean you are living in a shared room or apartment, or you live 15 or so miles out of town which is far on this rock if you consider how horrible traffic is.
Ok, but you said you live right off Waikiki, I'd expect that to be pretty expensive. One of our former ca work for Air Med now and has told me on several occasions how much more difficult it is to find reasonable housing on Oahu than Maui. Also consider that $30,000 is more than Island Air makes starting out and only a few thousand less than first year FO pay at Hawaiian. I mean lets face it, it doesn't matter where you're flying the first year or two there will not be much disposable income.