PilotOnTheRise
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- Jun 13, 2002
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Flying for a profession is still a good paying job, the average airline Captain income is solidly in the middle class. As stated here, the $100K range is doable, it is in the upper 10% of all incomes. I would dare to guess that the vast majority of those flying as Captains would be hard pressed to make the same income in some other field.
Actually, even $80K is included in the top 10% of income, according to the Government. I think you are right about captains being hard pressed to find jobs paying the same, elsewhere. You do have your rare person making $250K working some odd job, but for the most part, what a captain at a regional makes, is what 90% or more of people in this country, holding a bachelors degree, will top out at. People aren't making as much outside of aviation, as some tend to believe; just the same as pilots aren't making as much as the general public tends to believe.
There is a difference between not making good money, and not making what you deserve. Pilots do not make bad money, they just do not make what they deserve. The only way to change that, is to fight it.