Start preparing NOW for a non-aviation career!
06-27-2008, 08:28 AM
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Start preparing NOW for a non-aviation career!
After being in the majors for 31 years my suggestion is aimed at the bottom 25% of ANY U.S. carrier. We are all suffering from both a downturn in the business cycle which has happened many times before and a rise in fuel costs that may only get worse. For the bottom 25%, consider making max cash now and preparing for the worst ( as Bruce Springsteen said " these jobs are goin' boys, and they ain't comin' back ). None of us can imagine just how bad this will get so plan on leaving aviation and get on with your life. Don't count on a recovery. Chasing " The Dream " has ruined too many lives already.
06-27-2008, 08:49 AM
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Originally Posted by BongoSouth
After being in the majors for 31 years my suggestion is aimed at the bottom 25% of ANY U.S. carrier. We are all suffering from both a downturn in the business cycle which has happened many times before and a rise in fuel costs that may only get worse. For the bottom 25%, consider making max cash now and preparing for the worst ( as Bruce Springsteen said " these jobs are goin' boys, and they ain't comin' back ). None of us can imagine just how bad this will get so plan on leaving aviation and get on with your life. Don't count on a recovery. Chasing " The Dream " has ruined too many lives already.
Attitude check dude....
The again you might be Sky High under an alter ego, so nevermind.
06-27-2008, 11:18 AM
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I'm sure the financial sector is taking a huge hit, but they don't make $20,000 a year.
People with that background can find other well paying jobs and do not get recycled down to poverty wages. The orginal post is not a negative shot but encouragement to have a reality check and contemplate the future. The face of commercial aviation is changing, and not temporarily. The price of oil is never going back down. Less capacity, fewer airplanes, fewer pilot jobs. It is unfortunate but true. Pilots are smart people that can succeed at many different jobs given the opportunity. Hope for the best, plan for the worst.
People with that background can find other well paying jobs and do not get recycled down to poverty wages. The orginal post is not a negative shot but encouragement to have a reality check and contemplate the future. The face of commercial aviation is changing, and not temporarily. The price of oil is never going back down. Less capacity, fewer airplanes, fewer pilot jobs. It is unfortunate but true. Pilots are smart people that can succeed at many different jobs given the opportunity. Hope for the best, plan for the worst.
06-27-2008, 12:11 PM
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Originally Posted by SAABaroowski
Are finance jobs, and Investment banking/hedge fund type of jobs, are those industries feeling the pain as well?
yeah finance , banking and investment are feeling the pain too.
06-27-2008, 02:04 PM
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Originally Posted by iPilot
Motorized scooter instructors/dealers are doing quite well right now I hear. Perhaps getting into the bicycle repair business would be lucrative too.
Last edited by 577nitro; 06-27-2008 at 02:04 PM. Reason: grammer
06-28-2008, 08:23 AM
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Good news
The good news about being a pilot is that most of us are use to living on little cash. If we do get tossed out on the street we don't have far to fall. And, ofter pilots make more on unemployment. 
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