Flow at 9.28 Years
08-21-2020 | 07:59 AM
#282
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08-21-2020 | 08:26 AM
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08-21-2020 | 08:54 AM
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Not that I have any skin in this fight anymore, but most people with financial literacy would tell you that in order to build wealth, high income today is so much more important than the prospect of higher income tomorrow. Think about how much debt you could pay off, how much more savings / investments you could have, or a mortgage verses renting. Those things will all mature and increase your own net worth more than maybe making group 4 captain pay in 30 years.
Plus - not everyone wants to fly domestically for AA, some people like the 'mission' of OAI, like the home basing, like seeing new parts of the world. I don't think it is appropriate to tell someone they picked a subpar carrier, even more-so when OAI is clearly not subpar. People make choices for what is best for them (except for scabbing) and we should recognize that what's good for one is not necessarily good for the other.
Except money now, we should all agree that money now is the most important thing:-)
08-21-2020 | 10:05 AM
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08-21-2020 | 10:16 AM
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Interesting that an aviation career consultant would make a graph comparing aviation favorably to other professions. I am sure the analysis was entirely objective. Anecdotally, I am better off than some of my lawyer friends (bleeding heart types avoiding the rat race at the big firms) but my doctor friends have me soundly beaten.
08-23-2020 | 11:19 AM
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Oh wow, our resident superhero is still on his vision quest. Look, there are some things that you say that do make sense but by far, you try and take credit for way too much stuff you had nothing to do with. You didn't single-handedly save ALPA and the profession. I give far more credit to Envoy management, who you so graciously discredit here, than anything ALPA has ever done. They actually created the pipeline program which helped solidify the flow and essentially one interview, one career at Envoy. It was a brilliant move in an environment where getting pilots was starting to get tough. Instead of going out and dragging dollar bills behind a pickup truck at FBOs hiring Billy Bob away from his cropduster or Virgil from flying that clapped out Baron for some wannabe oil prospector, they made one of the most genius moves in the industry. They partnered with the universities and worked in tandem with the program that essentially places the pipeline candidate in class on Day One more ready than just about anybody before in the history of Eagle/Envoy.
It's nice you've had a soft landing and are enjoying working at a sub par carrier, but let's face it, that's not for the vast majority. The smartest guys in the country have all found their way to a respective pipeline university and bought themselves an AA career.
It's nice you've had a soft landing and are enjoying working at a sub par carrier, but let's face it, that's not for the vast majority. The smartest guys in the country have all found their way to a respective pipeline university and bought themselves an AA career.
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