Thread: What to look forward to?

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KC10 FATboy , 11-15-2009 04:15 PM
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Quote: Honestly, we all expected to make 300K as pilots. Why else would a rational person invest more than 150K in college and flight training plus most of a decade in school and time building to get a job that only pays 18K? Even 80K is way too little for the price it takes to get there. A better idea would be to save your money and buy a house and then get a job as a postman.

It just does not make any sense unless there is a significant compensation fairly early on. No one goes into debt for a career that promises them a life of poverty.

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SkyHigh, I'm not coming down on you. But seriously, did you believe pilots were making $300,000 a year? Did you do any research into the career field?

I can't believe individuals are out there taking $150,000 loans to go to a flight academy. Wow.
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