Originally Posted by
Slice
I'd say 2000x NET as a min at 30 and above. You may or may not ever get married or have kids, but you'll want a home of some kind someday. A mortgage, plus insurance, utilities, etc can easily cost you 25-35K a year in many of the more populated areas(as in airline bases) for even a modest home. Add in kids and wife and it gets worse unless you find a sugar momma.
From as far down as I am looking up from now, that seems impossible. I'd guess my chances of landing a sugar momma would be even less if I was away from home and/or broke as much as a pilot is... 1 bedroom apartment looks like my future... sad. lol