Originally Posted by AU96

Fatty,

I wasn't trying to denegrate truck driving, the point that struck me was the training required compared to the training, time and money investment, and sacrifices that pilots make to get to that first airline gig, and the compensation a pilot can expect these days. And thanks for the info about truck driving, I had heard there was good money in it. I just still have this impression, (and call me egomaniacal), that for the sheer responsibility we assume (passengers' lives), risk (airplanes do crash), and skill required (contrary to what some say here, I still don't believe that your average joe could be a competent airline pilot), that airline pilot pay should be head and shoulders above truck driver pay, even starting. And sorry for the run-on...