I've been on these boards a long time, and I've heard so many of these BS stories it'd make your head spin. So many pilots that have not a clue about the outside world, thinking everybody's out there making over six figures, home with their families all day, playing golf on weekends. So sorry, it ain't true. The "outside" world sucks pretty bad too.
The majority of my friends outside of work do not fly for a living. They also make half or less of what we do too. Here is the irony: I know captains in the $200K+ range that
must pick up extra flying and still barely have their heads above water. At the same time, I know people who make a fourth of that and have money to put into their savings account at the end of the month. And they say we're smart because we fly jets.
