Is anyone in Newark happy, I mean its Newark........in New Jersey.

I'd kill for 40K a year right now.

well, I live in Hoboken, and next time you are flying into Newark, at least from the West take alook at a few of the homes when you are coming in on the arrival, especially to runway 11, or coming from the north landing runway 4.

There's your problem Einstein, you live in Hoboken. I have a TON of friends that live in or lived in Hoboken and they all worked in Manhattan making more than twice what you do. Stop crying and move somewhere reasonable on your salary. If you say there's nowhere to live near EWR other than the ghetto on $40K then I agree and you either suck it up or move on.

Hey Einstein, I don't pay a dime to live in Hoboken, and the point is to not "suck it up and take it", the pay needs to change, not my address. The reference was in comparative salaries and Cost of living, and where this industry has led us not how much I am personally paying to live in Hoboken. Yeah I could move to some bayou in Louisiana and have the largest trailer in the park, but for what we do as a profession we should expect more.

Again, just tired of having to justify everything I do, or justifying money I don't have for the "potential" to make money, when in reality that "potential" to make money is lessening every day.

This I completely agree. If I took your post the other way I apologize. What we get paid is PATHETIC.

no worries bro I hear what you are saying ;)

Its funny how most of the ppl on here who complain are regional FOs who thought they would be making 100k a year by now. If you can't live on 40k a year you should probably try to learn how to manage your money better. Average income in most of the US is in the mid to lower 30k range.

Do I think we should all work for better pay and work rules... of course. But you should have known what this lifestyle would be like before you signed up for your first flight in your private training. Young pilots have been elegible for food stamps for many decades now... this is nothing new.

This whole string of posts is just one sob story after another... get over it.

When I was thinking about starting pursuing a career in flying a family friend of ours who has flying 121 for decades straight out told me that I would qualify for food stamps in my first few years in the industry. This was his situation in the 70's and nothing has changed to this day. I knew this coming in and decided it was worth it to do something I love. Someone obviously should have told all of you about this, maybe then you would be able to "cope" a little better.

Hey Thanks Man
 

I am only trying to help. :D

SkyHigh

The only difference between now and then is it was fewer years of food stamps, and the odds of landing a major airline job were slightly higher