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Old 02-12-2018, 09:40 AM
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Originally Posted by busdriver12 View Post
Maybe 100 million plus lottery payout.....otherwise I'm waiting five years until I'm 60.

Or maybe just a really crappy trip. Then I might retire early.
Ohh...idk. I mite just take the $40M net from that $100M win, and keep working cabo turns a few times a month for fun.

And id hire a taylor swift doppleganger to keep me warm at night. Lol!
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Old 02-12-2018, 10:21 AM
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Originally Posted by pokey9554 View Post
It would have to look like Margot Robbie, and pay like the Nigerian lottery I won again yesterday.
Lol. I’d leave for that too.
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Old 02-12-2018, 10:24 AM
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Originally Posted by milesd View Post
Any challenging STEM job that pays well, has good culture and helps me build some career capital for future advancement. Unfortunately, I'd have to have those skills in order to get hired (and be younger), which I don't. Gosh to be 25 again. Would never have gotten into this mind numbing jobs.
Because being in a fluoro lit lab or factory doing the same thing every day, five days a week, for the same set time every day wouldn’t be mind numbing. Right?

I’m a stem’er. Thankful every day I sip coffee watching the beautiful world going by and being highly compensated for it.
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Old 02-12-2018, 11:25 AM
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Originally Posted by pokey9554 View Post
It would have to look like Margot Robbie, and pay like the Nigerian lottery I won again yesterday.

I’ve been fortunate to work in many other industries. I can’t put a price on my time being my time. 121 aviation affords me that.
Ditto. Next to bartending, this has been the best job I've had for "leaving it at the door".
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Old 02-12-2018, 11:39 AM
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Originally Posted by thevagabond View Post

I’m a stem’er. Thankful every day I sip coffee watching the beautiful world going by and being highly compensated for it.
x2.

Unless you're a world-class genius, airline aviation feels to me like a pinnacle for STEM types, most of my 9-5 STEM peers would trade me if they could. Astronaut would be better, but that's a lot of work too.

My tech field has been in the news lately... some experienced high-end specialists, cream-of-the-crop types, are in such demand right now that they are being offered $300K. And it's big news. Trust me, that $300K comes much easier in aviation. Not easy per se, but easier.
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Old 02-12-2018, 01:20 PM
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It’s too bad Fire Fighting doesn’t pay more. Dated a girl who’s dad was Captain and worked 8 24hr shifts a month......150-200K with that sked? I’d leave to run into burning buildings.
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Old 02-12-2018, 01:23 PM
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Originally Posted by rickair7777 View Post
x2.

Unless you're a world-class genius, airline aviation feels to me like a pinnacle for STEM types, most of my 9-5 STEM peers would trade me if they could. Astronaut would be better, but that's a lot of work too.

My tech field has been in the news lately... some experienced high-end specialists, cream-of-the-crop types, are in such demand right now that they are being offered $300K. And it's big news. Trust me, that $300K comes much easier in aviation. Not easy per se, but easier.
Going to have to disagree with you on both points. Most STEM types wold be bored as hell driving the same airplane to the same places over and over again. It's not nearly as technical as most new tech jobs today.

300K is only made by the same old out of touch guys squatting on the 20,000 jobs at the legacies that pay that. Nobody else in aviation makes that. This is evidenced by your post.
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Old 02-12-2018, 10:33 PM
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Salma Hayek.

Or $250 million plus a B-25 with hangar, 3 spare engines, and a fuel farm.
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Old 02-12-2018, 10:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Varsity View Post
Going to have to disagree with you on both points. Most STEM types wold be bored as hell driving the same airplane to the same places over and over again. It's not nearly as technical as most new tech jobs today.

300K is only made by the same old out of touch guys squatting on the 20,000 jobs at the legacies that pay that. Nobody else in aviation makes that. This is evidenced by your post.
This job is most definitely mind numbing for certain types, including myself. It’s not the promise of future money that keeps me in the game it’s the schedule flexibility and travel benefits. If I were to lose either I’d be right back in the oilfield.
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Old 02-13-2018, 05:17 AM
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A soap on a rope in Cindy Crawford’s bathroom.
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