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Originally Posted by crflyer
Then what are you waiting three years for? Quit. One less grouch for the rest to compete against.
Compete against who? There is no competition, anyone can be a regional pilot. What he said was an honest opinion from someone in the industry. A vast majority of pilots like flying but hate their jobs, at least at the regional level.
If you have 100k burning a hole in your pocket go get an MBA and have a real career, being a regional pilot is not a career. Where are you going to live when you are 25 and have 100k in debt? What do you do when you want to have a family and want to buy a house? How are you going to get a loan for a house (let alone save for a down payment) making 20k a year?
If you still insist on giving it a go then a pilot mill is the absolute worst decision you could make. It will ruin your finicial future. Unless you charge it all on credit cards and then declare bankruptcy. Also, being only 20 you might be young enough to have to worry about single pilot ops/pilotless planes. It is coming, it is just a question of when.