Originally Posted by
SilkBra
I like the career and it has worked out for me so far. I upgraded in one year at a turbo prop regional and upgraded in a year at Allegiant well under the age of thirty and have been making over 100K for a few years now. Lots of days off and no overnights.
This sounds like a dream. You are quite lucky, as you admitted. The fact that some get the carrot in the end, leads many many others to chase the carrot. For many, its futile. The bad part is, it has nothing to do with personal ambition or drive or motivation to excel. It is being in the right place at the right time and having shaken the right hands.
If you created the most challenging obstacle course you could imagine and pumped enough people into the entrance, some would make it through because the pendulums swung in just the right way to let them pass, etc.
Enjoy it! To make 100k at a captain on an MD80 at under 30 years old is amazing.