We could keep on telling stories about people we know that makes this and that in whatever field. A poker player could make well over 100k online, but thats not a national average. Neither is 200k for real-estate or 120k for selling phones.

It's funny how everyone point out the highs in other fields and compare to low or average in aviation.

Management loves a high school dropout. They can't think independently and they don't question anything. They just go with the low pay flow.

Most airlines require atleast a High School Diploma, or G.E.D. And a majority prefer a 4-year college degree. Not to say it can't happen, but it is very rare nowadays for a high school dropout to make it in the airlines.

Tell that to Jim Clark (founder of Netscape), Andrew Jackson (7th president), Bill Bartman (self-made billionaire), Richard Branson (founder Virgin Airways) to name a few dropouts...

Your comment is an insult to everyone that didnt finish highschool. Thinking independenly is not always a product of education.

These guys, like bill gates, fall into a whole different category than most of the rest of us. They are so intelligent and driven that they were wasting their time spinning their wheels in the education system. These are one in a million...

Most of the rest of us NEED to be educated, and for the vast majority of us dropping out of school is not a sign of visionary thought, but lack thereof.

Smart regionals actually seek out folks with college degrees who have upward potential. The guy with the GED is going to have real difficulty getting on at FDX, so he's going to stick around and hit the top of that 18 year pay scale...:eek:

That sort of consideration is secondary to getting meat-in-the-seat, which is the challenge right now. Anyone should be able to get a regional job today.

I agree with you. I just didnt like his comment that highschool dropouts cant think independenly... I had to point one extreme with another.

You are right, but the crowd you speak of is less than 1% of the dropout population.

just making fun of the guy who likes to beat down on his pilot cause he thinks he is the sh!t...

You are one sad individual Mr. SkyHigh. Since May of 2005 you have averaged 3.22 posts per day on AIRLINEPILOTCENTRAL. Your posts are entertainingly hateful towards this industry, I must say.... But to think that someone takes the time out of their life to spend so much time b*tching about a field they are no longer a part of is completely absurd.

I'm going to play therapist for a second here: Aviation was a huge part of your life at one point, you voluntarily left or were forced to leave the field, and now you have a serious void in your life. You fill this void by playing occupational counselor on an aviation centered internet forum.

My advice to you is to find a hobby, do some yoga, and get laid. Do something to make yourself happy, and LEAVE THE B*TCHING AND MOANING TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE CURRENTLY IN THIS INDUSTRY AND ARE AFFECTED BY THIS INDUSTRY.

-Quag