[QUOTEWhat you are missing is that in professional non-aviation jobs, it is
possible to get the same or better pay for moving to another job or losing the one you have.][/QUOTE]
True, it is possible, much more possible than in the aviation business.
[QUOTEYep-had a buddy who was a "lifer and ultimate professional and team player" just ousted from a $170K/year corporate CA job only to be replaced by the much less experienced buddy of the new chief pilot in a very difficult location and job market. He and his family have been there for 20 years. He's now 55 and been looking for anything, anywhere for a year. It seems that he's now considered "too old and too expensive" and thus too great of a risk.
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I literally watched this as they fired my boss and I became the replacement, younger and I don't get paid nearly what he did. The payscales in corporate america have been downsized just like the airlines, unfortunately we are not going to have the same earning potential as the previous generation.
As an airline pilot, this kind of a lateral move is not possible.
100% agree, I was not trying to dispute this.