Originally Posted by ChrisH

There are ups and downs in any career. The airline pilot career isn't all rosey, and glamerous, like some may think, and it may not be the $500K/year career some seem to obviously have gotten into it for, but it isn't any more worse off than the average American, in their careers, either. Do a quick google of average American salaries, and you may be surprised; some of you seem to think that huge salaries, and stable jobs are plentiful in the non flying world. A lot of people are wishing that was true, at the moment.