Originally Posted by
NWA320pilot
Alas, this has been the case for the last 30 years not just today..... Between work rules, pay, and inflation the salaries of everybody have gone south. Couple that with the regionals flying more and the majors flying less the chances of flying the heavy iron and being well compensated are decreasing daily.
N6724G,
You mentioned that you have some retired airline friends. Don't use information from retired pilots as a guide to future satisfaction. You should not set your expectations on what the pilots of yesteryear or even of today have enjoyed. The future is going to be vastly different.
Instead you should project your expectations into the future following the current trends. Not a good picture. People who start on the path today will have a vastly different outcome than pilots who flew in the past.
Skyhigh