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Originally Posted by TED74
I'm frankly surprised how many people toughed it out at those pay rates. How is that even sustainable?
*shrug* A LT in the military doesn't make a whole lot more. I looked at my 1st pay stub from '94, my gross monthly pretax earnings were $2100. I graduated in '93 and didn't get picked up for active duty until March so I had 2 months of being unemployed; and after abusing myself for 4.5 years to graduate with an electrical engineering degree from a big 10 school I earned $21k my 1st year out of college. I'm not trying to marginalize what regional pilots go through, but it's not like the military road is all roses and cupcakes.
edit: and oh BTW, '94 was towards the end of a massive draw down. No pilot training slot for me, so just like most regional pilots I was paying out of pocket to get my license and build hours so I could compete for USAF pilot training. Again, this is not a woe-is-me complaint as I'm quite happy and lucky to have had the military career I had as well as my timing at DAL but I do get annoyed at all the regional pandering I see in the forum. I don't think some people know what bad really is.