Originally Posted by
tomgoodman
Absolutely correct. If someone wants regular hours, familiar surroundings, low entry cost, and freedom from risk, they should look elsewhere. It's not suitable for everybody, but this has been well-known since Orville and Wilbur flipped a coin for seniority.
People need to know what a long shot this industry really is.
Everyday people are out there blowing a fortune on a fancy aviation college education and flight training on what really amounts to a thin hope that they will ever be able to earn the investment back. I can not believe that most pilots who sign on the dotted line to take out a 100K loan for flight training really know what they are getting into. When given all the facts what kind of logic would permit such a foolish commitment?
Universities and flight schools are
not out there spreading reality. They are selling a lie and that is exactly my mission here and elsewhere. I believe that everyone has an interest in self preservation and if they are presented with the cold hard facts up front by people who are in the trenches they would make a different decision.
Everyone who signed a loan for flight training over the last five years expected to be flying for SWA within a few short years after flight school. How else could the accept such a punishing payment schedule and honestly expect to be able to pay it back?
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