Originally Posted by Paok

Did you fly at KPNE? Hortman?

Originally Posted by crewdawg

I know a few Wharton/Booth/Kellogg graduates, one of them being a current DAL captain who worked for one of the top consulting firms while on furlough. They all seem to spend more time in hotels and on airliners than we do. The Captain I referred to said it boiled down to the $$$$ vs time off that brought him back to DAL.

Originally Posted by LGApilot

.Guys who have been in private equity longer earn much much more,

Originally Posted by LGApilot

Thanks guys! Appreciate it. I will be EWR based for life since I'm from NYC...

I started college at the age of 16 and graduated at 20. I got all my ratings while attending college.. After graduating, I worked at the Blackstone group for 6 months(finance related, not flying)before leaving for a charter company(flying job)..The Gulfstream I fly now is also owned by Blackstone. The money at Blackstone was good, in the 6 months I worked there after graduation I earned 125k, ofcourse it was not a flying job. FO pay flying their Gulfstream is $120k per year so not a bad gig. You just don't fly much..

Also, I came from a poor family, my dad was a law professor in Pakistan and my mother was a Math Teacher..When they immigrated to the U.S in the 1970s, they had to start all over. My dad drove a nyc yellow cab for 25 years before starting a small food business and my mother was a stay at home mother in the states..I had a free ride at Penn so that helped(including room n board).. For flight training, I took out student loans from Penn for personal use but used them for the flight training..All in all, it worked out.

Originally Posted by CODs4ever

$125K in 6 months in Finance, and then later $120K per year as a G5 First Officer, all before the age of 24? You are doing better that 99.99% of all the civilian pilots out there. It's almost unbelievable, but I actually believe you.

You must be of the "well above average" intelligence level to graduate from Wharton by the age of 20 with a degree in finance. I don't mean to sound negative, but with a mind like yours, you very well might get bored after only a few years of being an airline pilot, in which case you could very easily move over to management at United (or any airline for that matter).

If you make that move, at least you will have a good perspective of what life is like as a typical line pilot (something that a lot of management seems to lack), and hopefully you will be able to sympathize with the pilot's union when it comes to making decisions on the future of the company, should you ever be in a position to make those kinds of decisions.

Good luck.

Originally Posted by M20EPilot

Sir, my hat's off to you for achieving your dream, and for choosing that path versus the temptation of $$$ for something you don't care for, and my hat's off to your folks for the values they must have instilled in you to get such a solid start. There is so much negativity on these forums its very refreshing to see someone who worked hard from a young age get a payoff out of it.

Originally Posted by M20EPilot

Sir, my hat's off to you for achieving your dream, and for choosing that path versus the temptation of $$$ for something you don't care for, and my hat's off to your folks for the values they must have instilled in you to get such a solid start. There is so much negativity on these forums its very refreshing to see someone who worked hard from a young age get a payoff out of it.

Originally Posted by CODs4ever

You must be of the "well above average" intelligence level to graduate from Wharton by the age of 20 with a degree in finance. I don't mean to sound negative, but with a mind like yours, you very well might get bored after only a few years of being an airline pilot, in which case you could very easily move over to management at United (or any airline for that matter).

If you make that move, at least you will have a good perspective of what life is like as a typical line pilot (something that a lot of management seems to lack), and hopefully you will be able to sympathize with the pilot's union when it comes to making decisions on the future of the company, should you ever be in a position to make those kinds of decisions.

Good luck.

Originally Posted by LGApilot

Hahaha, yea, all 24 years! I would have loved to have been an astronaut but those guys are much smarter than I am. How does one even become an astronaut? I thought one had to be a top graduate of the Air Force Academy or Annapolis and then a top fighter pilot in order to even be considered. If I had a chance, I would definately consider it.

Originally Posted by Feng

I have to chime in here. If he does make the move, it'll be quite the opposite. If you ever tried to climb the corporate ladder and later fly 121, you'd realize how incredibly easy the flying gig is and understand why no one will sympathize with us. It can be fatiguing at times sure, but that's about it.