Risk?...lol...How safe is floating on a rock in space...lol...Control is an illusion...lol

floating on a rock in space....nobody ever put it like that. Im going to put on a helmet just in case sheit goes down. Im not a corporate pilot so i guess i can omit the knee pads

So go join the military! Jeez...and they deserve to make $$, they are putting their life AT RISK for us to sit on our asses and fly a plane over here.

How many newspaper stories have you read (well I must admit I live in a Navy town, so I probably read more!) about the guy returning from overseas who buys his house from the $$ he saved while off fighting for a year in IRAQ?

Also, that being said, it's not like they can come home, pack food for 12 months, and then live off of that. As pilots, I can pack enough for a 4-day and bring it with me, it costs me <$20. Not bad.

If you don't spend the $$, it's income. I don't know how you can look at it as NOT being income. It's coming in, not going out. I have more important things to pay for, rather than buy expensive airport food.

Compensation
 

Per Diem is compensation for living on the road. The money is supposed to offset expenses. If you wish to consider it as pay then why don't you eat top ramen for the next three days and pay yourself the savings over living like a real human. You can't consider Per Deim as pay. Perhaps you should subtract for crash pads, airport cars, student loans, and for the opportunity cost of what you could be doing in life.

SKyHigh