Originally Posted by
N118NW
Not all of us care about money. Flying is my passion, has been for the previous 10 years... right now while I'm waiting for the industry to turn around, I'm paying off my debts and saving money, so that when I do get picked up by an airline, even if the pay is low for a year or so, I have enough in savings to assist my financial responsibilities.
A year or so....... Better look around the pay sucks for much longer than a year or so. Until you get on with a major (which may never happen at the rate they are loosing flying) pay will be terrible. QOL has/is deteriorating at all levels from the regional to major. Heck after 9/11 I took a 50% cut in pay and benefits. Now 8 years later and flying a much larger aircraft I still don't make what I did pre 9/11, and I even work for the best US major airline (at least in my opinion).