Originally Posted by
Careercfi
None of the pilots I ever met would recommend flying for the airlines to their kids. It has taken them years and years to get to where they are.
Lots of hard work, and always the realization that it can be over for good tomorrow. The whole thing is nothing but a sand castle. I wonder how it is then still possible to recruit cheap labor and get so many people to spend all this good money for all this? Could someone explain? Why are the academies cranking out pilots like chocolate chips if a long timer like Sully makes $108K? Are you kidding? $108K, for this job?
It's simple they all think if you study/work hard you will end up at FedEx/UPS/Southwest, never work and make bank. What they fail to realize is the aforementioned folks are statistical anomalies in the pilot career.
That and flying Cessna's is alot of fun, flying a jet must be even better.
