Exactly--nor does it define what it considers an airline pilot. An average pf $133,000 lends me to believe it's only pilots at major airlines. Maybe regionals thrown in. It says nothing about the indentured servants who work flying small freight, air taxi, check haulers, CFIs, banner tows, etc.

My dentist friend more than doubles my income--and as a Captain for a major I'm one of the highest paid pilots in the industry. Of course, he owns his business--but had I put in the same effort drilling teeth as I've done getting to where I am--I'd be in the same boat. Plus, I wouldn't have had to work weekends and be gone for many family events. I'd make a comment about Dental Tech's vs. FAs but that would just piling on