Originally Posted by
hockeypilot44
This post is extremely sad. You guys are supposedly professional airline pilots yet you are working second jobs to pay the bills? Doesn't that kind of defeat the purpose of the word "professional"? They should call you guys amateur pilots since you cannot support yourselves flying. It is really sad that companies pay so little to fly paying passengers, but what is more sad is how many pilots will do it with a smile on their face.
Therein lies the problem, hockeypilot. All of us love to fly so much that over the years there is always one of us that will do it for less than the other guy. Next thing you know, wages are where they are and everyone works a second job to pay the bills. Unfortunately, I don't think we've hit bottom yet either.