Originally Posted by
577nitro
OK, so riddle me this...if flying for a living were not the best job in the world, then why would ANYBODY with any SENSE at all do it for the pathetically, ridiculously, joke of a wage that we do. And this is after spending $90000.00 on training, college, twin time etc..
There are plenty of "professions" out there, but none that are as gratifying for birdmen.
Because they are following a pipe dream. If you read the CVR transcripts of the FO before they went down, she was talking about going to fEDEX/UPS/Alaska. Well, how many of us will be applying there? Just about everyone that meets the mins. The chances of you NOW going someplace that would make your above statement valid is lower than winning the lottery because in most cases it is impossible.