Originally Posted by SkyHigh (Post 915180)

Gary,

By your admission the USPS pays twice as much as your flying job. You also have mentioned that you already have health insurance which leads me to believe that you are getting it from your spouses form of employment.

You have described yourself as "not young, nor have I ever had money". I don't know how you can justify being away from home for a job that pays half as much as a mailman and even try to feel good about it. You are cheating your family out of income that everyone needs for your own self serving wants.

If you are indeed an adult then you should be considering putting the needs of your family ahead of yourself. The long term effects of pursuing aviation over a stable career in the postal service does not make sense.

Love your family more than your job.

Skyhigh

Originally Posted by flyinaway411 (Post 915427)

im sure ill get violated for this...but really you should get the violation...

who the F$#* told you that you were so F&*#ING special that you could tell other people how to live their lives?

maybe you think you get that privilege with over 5000 posts, but you dont, that just means you dont have anything else better to do.

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Originally Posted by gary0724 (Post 914959)

but come on, you cant live off of 35,000 a year? That is what I will be coming back to, yes its low but I can support my family on that. My family always come first. I am so sorry for you that you can not live off 35,000 a year,

Originally Posted by odog1121 (Post 915484)

I can live off of 35K a year. I think I can even feed and cloth my family so they don't die of starvation or winter for 35K/yr. But to "support"? I think you and a lot of people have a different definition of support.

Originally Posted by hockeypilot44 (Post 915491)

I agree. I need a lot more money than $35,000/year to live. I enjoy the finer things in life like a house with a bedroom for every kid, two kids, two cars made in 2002, a date night once a week with my wife, and a very cheap vacation once per year. It takes about $70,000/year minimum to live my quality of life. $35,000 is fine if a spouse is making the other $35,000, but then someone has to babysit the kids when I'm on a trip. For me, that's not possible so I have to make the entire $70,000 by myself.

Anyhow Gary, I shouldn't have told you that your priorities are out of line. You continue flying for the love of it, and I'll continue flying for money.