Originally Posted by
de727ups
I'll respond simply because my name is mentioned.
Some may find me to be a statistical anonomaly. But, from my own experience, the folks I know in professional aviation are hardly running for the hills. All have found the career challenging (we are talking America West, Delta (furloughed). Mesa, and Aloha (furloughed) and, to the man, if you asked them the simple question of "would you do it over", they have told me yes.
So, while the keepers of the "leaving the career forum" paint to the worst case scenario, I can honestly say that I'm not seeing it from personal experience.
And, in the end, if I made $87,534 instead of 292K, I'd still do it over.
But that's just me. To each his own.
Of course, your mileage may very.....
I'll throw in the cargo at a later date and eventually weight the #'s for an even more accurate picture. The task just took longer then expected. The discussion drifted toward median pay and I wanted a hard figure for the peeps to look at.
Course if you take 87,534/12 months/300 hrs per diem = The median pilot makes $24.32 per hour at work.