Originally Posted by
jayray
A banker gets a severance package and can start appyling for jobs the next day that start at close to six figures. A pilot has to move his family to a desert half way around the world to make a decent salary. A programmer or businessman does not start out back at $20,000 their first year after accepting a new job. They put their experience on their resume and are compensated accordingly. I agree, flying a plane for a living is great. However I am
not going to lie to a prospective pilot, it is still a job. A job where I need a second job to make ends meet. A job that often takes more than it gives.
You forget that in the banker's world, there is no seniority. Bankers are promoted based on performance. They are laid off based on performance.
I'm not saying that we shouldn't have a seniority based system. We should. But you can't compare ours with an industry that that has an entirely different structure.