Advice to an Old Guy
08-12-2021, 09:23 AM
#24
Pilot
Joined APC: Dec 2014
Position: Large cabin Bizjet
Posts: 448
Originally Posted by batf15
BUMP.
Quick question/advice. An old guy here (62) with lotso overall flying time but I have only been flying part-time recently. Military, CFI, etc. with a lonely 737 type never used. Looking to get back into the game full-time (without working too hard). I am not in it for the $. Rather QOL and "fun" flying.
Thoughts/ideas???
Quick question/advice. An old guy here (62) with lotso overall flying time but I have only been flying part-time recently. Military, CFI, etc. with a lonely 737 type never used. Looking to get back into the game full-time (without working too hard). I am not in it for the $. Rather QOL and "fun" flying.
Thoughts/ideas???
Originally Posted by Triggs
take up golf and leave the jobs for those trying to feed their family
Originally Posted by BobSacamano
“Do what I want with your life and dreams.”
Grow up.
Grow up.
08-12-2021, 12:32 PM
#25
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Oct 2006
Position: Dream Job
Posts: 403
Originally Posted by captjns
Look into Cape Air. You’ll start off as a First Officer, which is not a bad way to get acquainted with commercial flying.
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08-12-2021, 07:08 PM
#26
Tin Can Time
Joined APC: Jul 2013
Position: Entitled Newb
Posts: 168
Originally Posted by HwkrPlt
The problem with the guys that do it for "fun" and don't care about the pay is that they lower the pay bar for the guys that want to do it for a living. Not that far removed from someone crossing a picket line to "feed their family".
08-13-2021, 08:49 AM
#27
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Joined APC: Mar 2017
Posts: 174
Originally Posted by HwkrPlt
The problem with the guys that do it for "fun" and don't care about the pay is that they lower the pay bar for the guys that want to do it for a living. Not that far removed from someone crossing a picket line to "feed their family".
If you don’t want to duke it out in the labor market with people who “do it for fun,” you should’ve been an accountant.
08-13-2021, 04:17 PM
#28
All is fine at .79
Joined APC: Sep 2016
Position: Paahlot
Posts: 4,084
Originally Posted by HwkrPlt
The problem with the guys that do it for "fun" and don't care about the pay is that they lower the pay bar for the guys that want to do it for a living. Not that far removed from someone crossing a picket line to "feed their family".
You apply for a job that pays what you want/need which is commensurate with your overall experience, type ratings and specific experience relevant to the job.
You don’t sit down on the interview and say you’ll work for less then advertised.
Fun jobs that can’t pay enough to attract the entitled masses rely on time-builders and retired pilots.
Traffic watch, sight seeing and puddle jumping.
None of those threaten the food on the table of your precious young ‘uns.
This is not coal mining.
08-14-2021, 01:03 PM
#29
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Dec 2008
Position: B737 CA
Posts: 307
Originally Posted by HwkrPlt
The problem with the guys that do it for "fun" and don't care about the pay is that they lower the pay bar for the guys that want to do it for a living. Not that far removed from someone crossing a picket line to "feed their family".
08-14-2021, 07:34 PM
#30
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Joined APC: Mar 2017
Posts: 174
Originally Posted by Triggs
exactly my point. I've lost a job because a retiree "wanted to live where the plane was" and was willing to do it for less. You want to pick up a retirement job,,, don't undercut those that are doing it for a living. If you don't need the money and are doing it for fun,,, take up golf
It’s nobody’s fault but your own that you chose to make a living doing something that lots of people would do for less, or for free, or would even pay to do.
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