Now for a anti-happy pilot post...
05-04-2007 | 05:45 AM
#21
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From: Corporate Pilot
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05-04-2007 | 06:53 AM
#23
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From: I am the Captain now...
hehe... we're gonna relish this moment, CE750! 
Anyway, yeah- the pay can suck at first. I was making over $80k a year working in flight ops at a Japanese carrier while instructing- total income of over $110k a year.... now I've come to the dark side, and make $23/hr.
Yeah, it sucks- but the office sure has a nice view!!
Anyway, yeah- the pay can suck at first. I was making over $80k a year working in flight ops at a Japanese carrier while instructing- total income of over $110k a year.... now I've come to the dark side, and make $23/hr.
Yeah, it sucks- but the office sure has a nice view!!
05-04-2007 | 07:01 AM
#24
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From: FO - 757/767
If all you are ever thinking about is money, you're going to drive yourself crazy your whole career. Someone is ALWAYS making more than you, I don't care who you are.
And, on top of all that, the wealthiest people are not always the happiest.
I'm not advocating that everyone should be content with $19/hour, but you've got to remember that this is a STARTING pay, and a market driven one, at that. If nobody took the job, the pay would go up - simple as that.
And, on top of all that, the wealthiest people are not always the happiest.
I'm not advocating that everyone should be content with $19/hour, but you've got to remember that this is a STARTING pay, and a market driven one, at that. If nobody took the job, the pay would go up - simple as that.
-it's more about "how in the hell am i gonna pay the bills?"
-you're ideals don't fair well in the real world
ps, you're in for a rude awakening
05-04-2007 | 07:02 AM
#25
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From: Citation II
Comparing starting regional pilot pay to Wal-Mart employee pay? That comparison is not even on the same planet.
Truthfully, I didn't see anything immature about the responses (not nearly as much as I expected), not sure what you're talking about there, either.
05-04-2007 | 07:06 AM
#26
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From: Citation II
Been doing this awhile, and am quite awake, but I started at the bottom just like everybody else.
05-04-2007 | 07:11 AM
#27
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From: Engines Turn or People Swim
if you won't to work at wal mart go do it. I had a friend in high school whose dad was a manager at wal mart. He finally went back to school so he could do something else because he hated it so much. You won't catch me complaining because some wal mart manager is making more money than me. If you don't like your job find something else to do, it's not that complicated. Complaining about it on a forums isn't going to do anything to raise pay.
$100K is bare-minimum pay to support a family these days...you might also get a couple dirt bikes, an RV, or a ski boat out of the deal but you're not going to have a vacation home in the mountains or a big house in a nice neighborhood. Unless you plan really well, you will still be looking at college loans for the kids too.
The only place where a regional pilot can actually get ahead on $100K is in one of those nice rural towns that happens to have a nearby pilot domicile. $100K can get you a ranch house and a few acres in place like that, where prices are lower due to the lack of higher-paying jobs.
05-04-2007 | 07:42 AM
#29
Doing One Pilot's Job
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Ask anybody hired at a regional in late spring or early summer 2001 what their career plans were...now ask them where life happens to find them. Only then you might find better insight to your question...
05-04-2007 | 07:51 AM
#30
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$100K is bare-minimum pay to support a family these days...you might also get a couple dirt bikes, an RV, or a ski boat out of the deal but you're not going to have a vacation home in the mountains or a big house in a nice neighborhood. Unless you plan really well, you will still be looking at college loans for the kids too.
The only place where a regional pilot can actually get ahead on $100K is in one of those nice rural towns that happens to have a nearby pilot domicile. $100K can get you a ranch house and a few acres in place like that, where prices are lower due to the lack of higher-paying jobs.
The only place where a regional pilot can actually get ahead on $100K is in one of those nice rural towns that happens to have a nearby pilot domicile. $100K can get you a ranch house and a few acres in place like that, where prices are lower due to the lack of higher-paying jobs.
Call me crazy, but I don't aspire to have a "vacation home in the mountains" or a "big house in a nice neighborhood". A 1600 sq ft, 3bd/2ba ranch on a quarter acre is what I grew up in and I would be totally satisfied raising my family in one. Guess my priorities are just different...
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