Originally Posted by
highnpressurizd
I agree that in general, pilots are underpaid. However, I don't believe that just because someone chooses to spend 100k on training/education they are entitled to 70k a year. My sister has a masters in education that she paid in the neighborhood of 100k for. She's a teacher. She teaches because she loves it and feels it's important to contribute to our society. She'll probably never make 70k a year. If anyone deserves it, teachers do. Flying, in most cases is a purely selfish endeavor, we do it because WE want to, not to improve the lives of others. If you really think you are entitled to a 70% ROI in the first year of your career you have a lot to learn. Drop the entitlement mentality and get over yourself.
And you think the other "professionals" did not select their profession because they enjoyed it as much as you enjoyed flying?