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11-03-2018 | 08:48 PM

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11-04-2018 | 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by lukeh99

I think a lot of people who have been in this industry for a decade or more forget that many 23 year old CFI’s have no problem moving to a base for a new flying gig. CAE offers a low cost of living and is warm in the winter. Compare CAE with the cost of living in a hub like IAD or ORD and it’s not surprising some people view a junior CAE base as a benefit. I’m not saying everyone will but you have to keep in mind different people have different priorities.

Not to mention the fact that Columbia is a big college town, and all the benefits that come with that at 23 years old.

11-04-2018 | 10:09 PM

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Columbia is hardly cheap. Median 1 bedroom rent is $840 a month. You can live in a burb of Chicago within a half hour drive of ohare for roughly the same amount.

https://www.bestplaces.net/cost-of-living/north-chicago-il/columbia-sc/50000

You can’t compare the cost of living in Columbia proper to some no-name suburb an hour north of Chicago. No 23 year old CFI is coming to Air Wisconsin to move to the City of North Chicago.

11-05-2018 | 01:37 AM

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You can’t compare the cost of living in Columbia proper to some no-name suburb an hour north of Chicago. No 23 year old CFI is coming to Air Wisconsin to move to the City of North Chicago.

We weren’t talking about how hip each place was, you said Columbia was cheap. It isn’t. You’re the only person I’ve run into here that isn’t from the area that’s excited about another outstation base in the middle of nowhere.

Not to mention the fact that we aren’t hiring a whole lot of 23 year old CFI’s. Average age in my class was probably mid 30’s. People with families that want the health insurance or need the quick bonus money. People not looking to uproot their lives.

And any people we recruit that are for whatever reason super excited to leave their friends and family and move to the middle of nowhere are probably offset by the number of Wisconsin, Chicago, and DC recruits that are going to go to SKW, PSA, or Envoy to still live and upgrade in base.

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11-05-2018 | 04:25 AM

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You can’t compare the cost of living in Columbia proper to some no-name suburb an hour north of Chicago. No 23 year old CFI is coming to Air Wisconsin to move to the City of North Chicago.

If a 23 year can a afford to live in Lake County IL I’d like to meet his accountant. That’s one of the wealthiest areas in the country.... if you meant The north side if Chicago, that’s literally where all the 23 year olds moving to the city are going.