Originally Posted by
bmwmdriver89
so i am a sophomore at embry riddle working towards my aeronautical science degree and i already have my multi private and im halfway done with my multi instrument right now. i am beyond fed up with the flight department. After hearing about the 1500hr bill being passed and how aweful it is being a pilot because of fatigue, low pay, andhaving to move around alot if your hub changes, im starting to reconsider what i should do. the good thing is i don't have to worry about the tution i am lucky that my parents have saved for it since i was born. but i feel bad that they are paying for a school that is really expensive and by the time i graduate il be spending so much money to work towards those 1500hrs. i used to work in the automotive shop in highschool and had fun with that. i would rather make $50,000 a year than only $15,000. plus if i went to a trade school i would be working in two years. i am also real good with computers so i was thinking of getting some degree in the computer field. have i gone to far at riddle and should i finish out, or should i start considering other carreers.
first off: Congrats on the multi pvt, and good luck on the instrument, it's by far the most fun checkride
I'll let others chime in as far as what you should do and whatever else but the way I live my life is this:
If I wanted to work at something for the money, I'd have been a lawyer or a doctor. I don't yet fly for a living, but I make as much as I would flying for a bottom feeder (less actually) so it's not a big deal to me at the moment with no mortgage no kids and no wife.
My bottom line is: Don't pick a career for the money.
and I don't think the rule has passed just yet.
my ex roomates friends all laughed when I said you shouldn't pick a career for the money. they are all in law school [studybuddies] and all their answers were along the line of: You think we like studying this much? If we didn't get 6 figures we wouldn't even think of doing this