I think that one's been around for 20 years or so.
cfii2007
08-12-2008 01:50 PM
If the flying public only knew the road an airline pilot must endure to make it.......
dannolars
08-12-2008 05:04 PM
Even though it has been around, I enjoyed it. I never saw it before. Nice find.
PearlPilot
08-12-2008 06:34 PM
What a powerful article! I was blown away! The article should remind every pro-pilot what it took for them to get there, and all the wannabees and student pilots what it takes and how so very, terribly, difficult it is... to get there. Thanks so much for sharing, a great find indeed!
Diver Driver
08-12-2008 07:35 PM
That was one of the most incredible works of literature I have ever read. So well presented and written, describes our career field exactly... if only the flying public knew what we went through and will go through in our careers. Bravo Jack!
poor pilot
08-12-2008 07:45 PM
Amen.............
ryan1234
08-12-2008 08:15 PM
Originally Posted by de727ups
(Post 443131)
I think that one's been around for 20 years or so.
must have been.... $2000 for a PPL that's peanuts.... if you figure in the increase in flight training costs.... right now lets say $6000(3x increase) for a PPL, so major airline pilot's pay should be at about $600,000 (3x increase).
EvilGN
08-12-2008 09:04 PM
Originally Posted by ryan1234
(Post 443544)
must have been.... $2000 for a PPL that's peanuts.... if you figure in the increase in flight training costs.... right now lets say $6000(3x increase) for a PPL, so major airline pilot's pay should be at about $600,000 (3x increase).
as much as agree with your math, we all know the cost of the ppl being higher is the same reason the airlines are in trouble at the moment, so that would make it hard to justify paying a pilot 600k, now if all the airlines raised their prices accordingly, and then the majority of them died out, leaving only the ones who could stay alive charging 750 (3X an average I picked) for a ticket from one hub to another on a large aircraft (no regionals), then yes the pilots of those companies that survived, could stand to make 600k.
and before anyone comes at me for talking about the regionals, I work for one......
IMO, its pretty simple math/economics, over the years (as in the last 20 or so if not more), the price of tickets has not kept up with inflation, and a large part of that is because of regional airlines(edit: and LCC's), ok...., so that led to a lot more pilots being employed, but not nearly paid what they were in the height of the industry.
Man, what happened to the guy who was able to get out of the military after his pilot commitment and pretty much have a guaranteed mainline flying job?
