Originally Posted by Purpleanga

The notion that someone is not true to their profession because they seek financial rewards is not true. You can't pay the bills by looking outside your window as you break out of a cloud deck. It's still very cool.... but that's not going to get anything done. Even though you're flying a jet, you're still making less than some low level government workers and janitors. And once you make it to CA, you can have a little more just to call you're self a middle class "white" collar worker, who hasn't been home for most of the month. I tell people to seriously reconsider flying pro because it is not what it used to be and most likely never will be.