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I understand what your motives are and what you are trying to accomplish on this forum. and although you present good data, i think it is sometimes skewed to further drive home your point. But maybe you dont realize that everybody has different situations and they come from many backgrounds. I'll give you that it is a high price to pay for training for only a little money to start out. Did you ever think that some people may not be in a situation where they need $70,000 plus in yearly earnings to live comfortably? Not everyone is married with three kids and a killer mortgage.
I realize why you are sour on this industry after it has kicked you while you were down. i dont doubt that i would be too. but thats not gonna stop me from trying. I will gladly work a job that pays less than others, to do something that i want to do. I dont want to be a mail man or police officer or fireman (as examples you've used before) or some financial guy at a desk playing with his calcualtor for 80 hours a week. to love to do something and not give it an honest effort is a crime. and didnt your parents ever tell you that you could be anything you want to be.
I was just hired at a regional and i start training early next month. I dont think I'll be there forever, but if i cant get on with a major, or something better doesnt come a long, at least i know i wont be making 30k forever. seniority will get me better schedules and pay all the time and ill be making more than any of my friends working thier boring 9-5's.
in the end, life is way to short to live with any regrets. so all you dreamers out there give it a shot! and if it doesnt work out, then go do something else. But dont throw in the towel before you step in the ring to fight
Exx
Exx,Originally Posted by exxcalibur11
Sky:I understand what your motives are and what you are trying to accomplish on this forum. and although you present good data, i think it is sometimes skewed to further drive home your point. But maybe you dont realize that everybody has different situations and they come from many backgrounds. I'll give you that it is a high price to pay for training for only a little money to start out. Did you ever think that some people may not be in a situation where they need $70,000 plus in yearly earnings to live comfortably? Not everyone is married with three kids and a killer mortgage.
I realize why you are sour on this industry after it has kicked you while you were down. i dont doubt that i would be too. but thats not gonna stop me from trying. I will gladly work a job that pays less than others, to do something that i want to do. I dont want to be a mail man or police officer or fireman (as examples you've used before) or some financial guy at a desk playing with his calcualtor for 80 hours a week. to love to do something and not give it an honest effort is a crime. and didnt your parents ever tell you that you could be anything you want to be.
I was just hired at a regional and i start training early next month. I dont think I'll be there forever, but if i cant get on with a major, or something better doesnt come a long, at least i know i wont be making 30k forever. seniority will get me better schedules and pay all the time and ill be making more than any of my friends working thier boring 9-5's.
in the end, life is way to short to live with any regrets. so all you dreamers out there give it a shot! and if it doesnt work out, then go do something else. But dont throw in the towel before you step in the ring to fight
Exx
I am sure that my data is a little jaded towards my conclusions, however ERAU, AOPA and Flying Magazines use shameless lies to sell pilots on a fantasy. I even cut the data a little since the real numbers are too incredible sometimes. My errors and emissions are child's play by comparison.
We all need to earn a living and everyone needs to be able to earn back the price of their education and training or else they are hobbyists. Unless you are a trust fund baby or plan on living at home with your parents some day you might want a family and then 70K will seem like peanuts.
Everyone likes to use the old 80 hour work week accountant as the option to a flying career. It simply isn't true. Pilots tend to be people who go to incredible lengths to avoid growing up and getting a real job and end up working the hardest of all.
Lastly you have no idea what you will do in the future. No one goes into this career half heartedly. To suggest that you somehow have a stronger disposition than others is short sighted at best.
Skyhigh