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07-07-2020 | 08:32 PM

#111

My Dime Is Up

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Originally Posted by NoValueAviator

I understand why the lifers stayed and I identify with some of their reasons, but for me, the very second I feel like the mainline door has closed for me I am resigning. I have no desire to be a regional pilot.

Then you're in this industry for the wrong reason.

07-07-2020 | 10:20 PM

#112

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Then you're in this industry for the wrong reason.

If you say so. I’m not afraid to admit that this job isn’t worth barely scraping by forever when I can easily double my pay (at least once I get downgraded lol) in any easy to do, easy to get middle management job. I love flying but you have to draw the line somewhere.

07-07-2020 | 10:40 PM

#113

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Then you're in this industry for the wrong reason.

People are in the industry for the "wrong" reason because they don't want to spend an entire career being a severely underpaid subcontractor with no true job security?

07-08-2020 | 03:07 AM

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Then you're in this industry for the wrong reason.

Don’t worry. There’s hundreds of “Man, I just wanna fly” cadets willing to work for food that will take his spot.

07-08-2020 | 03:59 AM

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Then you're in this industry for the wrong reason.

I'd say you are.

07-08-2020 | 04:03 AM

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Don’t worry. There’s hundreds of “Man, I just wanna fly” cadets willing to work for food that will take his spot.

That's a huge reason why the regionals still exist. Every pilot should discourage every young person they know not to be a pilot. Make the job sound terrible.

07-08-2020 | 05:43 AM

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Originally Posted by NoValueAviator

This is the truth, especially when someone is starting out this career in the mid 30s with a family. I can easily double what I make as an FO working in the IT field where I came from lol.

07-08-2020 | 06:30 AM

#118

My Dime Is Up

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I'd say you are.

Maybe I have that thought process only because I've spent > $5.0k just to receive my medical certificate due to my bullsh*t diagnosis of ADHD, ASD, and Tourettes (whoever diagnosed that must have been on something) and go to Washington D.C., Atlantic City, and in contact with top senior AMEs in the country. Again, this was just my medical, not training. So that's just my point of view so it may be why I think that way that if I'm going to fly, I'm going to fly.

07-08-2020 | 07:12 AM

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Nailed it! Depending on what school one goes to, it costs about $120k-$250k to get all your schooling and ratings for this garbage career. There are many that started at The Voy and quit before their probation year seeing how crap this whole biz is. I like flying too, but it ain't worth it.

07-08-2020 | 07:19 AM

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That's a huge reason why the regionals still exist. Every pilot should discourage every young person they know not to be a pilot. Make the job sound terrible.

No.
Make sure that whoever's going into this career goes in with a full understanding of what they are signing up for. It isn't for everyone for sure, but making it sound horrible is a disservice to the profession.