All Agree
I think we all can agree that if it was more common to make it to the major of your choice that the profession would be quite survivable. Under the current circumstances however the odds are fairly long.
People are willing to work for free anymore. In my generation it was not a crime to discuss aviation in relation to how much it paid. Today it is sacrilegious to suggest that you are a pilot for anything less than the satisfaction that flying gives.
A lot of a modern pilots compensation comes from the joy of being a pilot. I need to be paid in cash.
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