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Old 08-06-2010, 09:36 AM
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Default Aviation *NOT* worst paying college degree

...Child & Family Studies is.

Aviation isn't even in the top 20 "worst paying" degrees.

20-worst-paying-college-degrees-in-2010: Personal Finance News from Yahoo! Finance
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...Child & Family Studies is.

Aviation isn't even in the top 20 "worst paying" degrees.

20-worst-paying-college-degrees-in-2010: Personal Finance News from Yahoo! Finance
Only because these type of publications all think our starting pay is in the 65k range. Since it is more like 18-25k we have by far lower pay then family and child studies
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Only because these type of publications all think our starting pay is in the 65k range. Since it is more like 18-25k we have by far lower pay then family and child studies
True. For some reason all airline pilot salary surveys show a median income of $150K. I'm not sure they even include regional pilots in that calculation.

I suspect the survey people are lazy...rather than doing any actual research they just call the ATA and have them fax over the info
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how about considering cost of college degree compared to pay. then wed be dead last by a huge margin.
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haha i saw this and wondered why we wernt on it
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Old 08-06-2010, 02:39 PM
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What about the fresh college grad that goes on to instruct? The first 15 months after college graduation I made $7000. That's less than I made the summer before my senior year in high school.
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