Why be a pilot when you can be an FA?
 

Just came across this blurb on AOL about cushy jobs. Here's what they said:

Work Less, Make More Money?
The average employee works 40 hours per week, 2,080 per year, and earns $9.69 per hour ($26,036 annually)*. There are other options, however. Flight attendants, for example, work an average of 996 hours each year and earn $33,957. That's 1,084 extra hours to spend freely!

I know I've read comments by alot of you about how many hours you have to work as a Pilot. Obviously, the FAs aren't on duty nearly as many hours as you are, so why not switch careers? You still get to ride around in the airplane. :D

Ahhh, yet another lack of the general public's understanding of how we are compensated.

33957/996= $34.09 per flight hour..........and keep in mind that is with about 10 years senority!!!! That doesn't include the time you are "sitting" or the "brakes aren't released"..........all that time you just get your per diem.

But still... A F/A has no out of pocket expenses for edu. An F/A has nowhere near as much time invested and their liability is incomparable. The regional payscale just does'nt make sense to me.

My mom makes around $100,000 as a corportate flight attendant, and when she does contract work she gets around $500 a day......... grrr. IF only all those airline FA's had any clue what some of the corporate ones make while they say "peanuts or biscoff" "chicken or beef?" and get 20 an hour

Some days I want to just do her job!

Why not switch careers? Uh cause I like to fly planes...

Hmmm your mom+some rich guy in the back of a G-IV=$100,00/yr? I think there might be more involved than just "chicken or beef?" :)

P.S. I doubt you'd really want to do her job!

But while as a pilot you get to shut the door, from the folks, they have to sit and listen to them whine about why we are delayed (while lightening is popping all around)............and why they are late, and why the are going to miss thier connections........and why in first class they didn't get a choice of "ranch or cesar" salad dressing.............the grass isn't always green-er on the other side!!!!

I know some girls who do this, but few regional FA's would qualify. The ones I know are all ex-major airline FA's, not too young or too old, have college degrees, are pretty and elegant, and really know how to carry them selves well. None have ever mentioned a thing about inapropriate advances, and I don't think they would put up with it for a second.

I would have trouble doing their job. The only advantage to an FA job that I see is no up-front training costs and no recurrent sim. Other than that they are pretty much on the same program that we are, but without the slight possibility of $200K/year income.