Do you wear white Thigh-Highs by any chance?

 

Nah! I heard Hotmamapilot does under her brown pants though.

 

That is not the point. If you have no debt from college or flight school it is a good salary. If you haven't had to live for 4-5 years below 20,000 it is good money. Most pilots start out behind the power curve. I went to college and then to flight school. Timed it just right to start my career August 2001. I am 30 and just now making mid 40's. I spent the last 3-4 years making in the 18-20,000 range trying like hell to get the hours to move on to better things. If I had been making 50,000 a year with no school debt all along, I would be doing fine right now. As it is I was servicing my debts, but not paying them off over the last few years. Now I am finally making enough to have disposable income, but it is all going to trying to pay off school loans. I might have my flight school and college paid off by 35. Then maybe I can start saving for retirement or maybe buy a house. BTW, I am not as bad off as a lot of people. I only owe 35K on my education.

 

with the exception of brown or purple.......what else is there?

 

kudos to you dude.....some of these folks just don't get it

 

1. It was a male teacher and the mom did not work. I knew the family personally.

2. I don't live in Phoenix, nor out in the country somewhere. There are over 1 million people in the metropolitan area. Moderate size. A family could live off 50k, and live in a nice neighborhood. I never said it was like this everywhere.

3. I wasn't talking about anything having to do with kids and the difference between mom at home and mom at work. I don't care.

4. Now it's your turn to wake up.

I wasn't talking about anything having to do with the airline industry.
One guy said 100k was the "bare minimum" to raise a family on. I have an example of where that is not true. If YOU want to have boats, cars, extravagant vacations, and you think those things are important, 100k is probably the minimum. However, if someone does not think those things are important, 50k is sufficient. Fun to you may not be fun to someone else. This family that I know is quite happy with their life. It is a matter of where your priorities are, and what is important yo you.

For the airline part, I believe pilots are severely underpaid. How many passengers a day/month/year are pilots responsible for? How many lives? One wrong step and 15-70 people, on the regional airline level, are dead. Great responsibility should come with above average pay. The skills that pilots possess are invaluable, and pilots should be paid as such. Until airline management recognizes how invaluable and unique the skill set that pilots possess actually is, pay will not increase.

 

ya, because you can't do that on 100k(sarcasm).......hsld if you wanna expell me, go for it. i'm callin this guy a dummy!

 

Right on!!!!!!!

 

oh we get it...........................


People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.
Andrew Carnegie

 

i think you need to read his post again,....as you are clueless