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Old 03-07-2009, 09:08 PM
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Old 03-07-2009, 10:31 PM
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i (try) tell all my young friends my mistakes and errors and to learn from them. i say try because many only want to hear what they want to believe. i try to steer them into atc. the faa will pay for training , job security, outstanding pay and retire at 55 wth $100k a year pension check ! also a great job with a high demand and growing daily with an ageing population is farmacy. 100 k a year counting pills !
oh to be 20 years younger and know what i know today !!
why anyone in their right mind would spend 150k to go thru e--y r--e
and come out only to be unemployed is beyond me...
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Old 03-07-2009, 10:39 PM
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p.s. young adults please study a profession where there is a demand for your skills. dont get married. unless she makes more than you...

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Old 03-08-2009, 12:00 AM
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p.s. young adults please study a profession where there is a demand for your skills. dont get married. (if you have urges go to costa rica/thailand/p i once a year ) follow those 2 simple steps and at age 45 you wont have suicidal thots in your head like yours truly...

wow! what airline do you fly for again?
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Old 03-08-2009, 08:59 AM
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just read on drudgereport that there is a shortage of 116,000 nurses
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Old 03-08-2009, 09:15 AM
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i (try) tell all my young friends my mistakes and errors and to learn from them. i say try because many only want to hear what they want to believe. i try to steer them into atc. the faa will pay for training , job security, outstanding pay and retire at 55 wth $100k a year pension check ! also a great job with a high demand and growing daily with an ageing population is farmacy. 100 k a year counting pills !
g-d oh to be 20 years younger and know what i know today !!
why anyone in their right mind would spend 150k to go thru e--y r--e
and come out only to be unemployed is beyond me...
Right on! Sometimes the hardest sell is to ourselves. We all would like to see the world as we would like and not how it actually is.

I try to share my experiences as well. Sometimes it works but most of the time it does not.

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Old 03-08-2009, 10:19 AM
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i try to steer them into atc. the faa will pay for training , job security, outstanding pay and retire at 55 wth $100k a year pension check !
Can you explain the scenario where an FAA controller retires and collects $100,000 per year in retirement pension?
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Remember how wrong the media can be with Airline Pilot salaries, I would take these payscales with a grain of salt. But if these are true representations of actual pay for the different professions, then WOW!
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