Why do they still come?

[Superpilot92]

3.75 you know that!!!

Besides thats not an everyday happening.

Enjoy your trip. I just got done with mine.

Go ASTROS

 

[PHXFLYR]

[quote=BR549 The whole point is to make that kind of money and more without having to bust your a$$ to get it.



In other words you want to NOT fly and get paid for it. Sorry... It doesn't work that way.


PHXFLYR

 

[BR549]

Yeah it does.

 

[tuna pimp]

9-5 jobs suck. The only reason why I didn't become a pilot 10 years ago was because my eyesight sucked and LASIK as a new, unknown and generally frowned upon procedure by the FAA & airlines. Not worth the risk at the time.

Now I'm stuck in a 9-5 I hate, have 20-20 uncorrected vision again and want to fly professionally. I know there's a ton of BS involved in flying, crappy pay, lousy schedules, less control of my schedule but it can't be worse than sitting in a cube working on a spreadsheet 40-50 hours a week.

Having said that, the grass is always greener on the other side. Then you get to the other side and you notice you just stepped in dogsh*t and some bum is pissing on your leg.

 

[Clyde]

I have flown 4 times in the last two months on two separate trips. One of them was an afternoon turn. I'm about to start 2 weeks off this weekend. Spent a total of 4 nights in hotels over a 40+ day period.

I'm not flaming or being a smart-alec, but it is still possible to get paid good money and not fly a lot in the process. Sometimes the pendulum swings the other way and I fly a lot, but I'm on track to fly maybe 200 hours this whole year.

Given, I live in domicile and bid reserve, and that is a big part of it. Some people bid a fleet because of a particular airplane. Not me, I bid my aircraft because it offers me the best opportunity to make the least amount of trips to the airport. Am I lazy? No, I just don't feel like going to work a whole lot. I want to spend time doing other things.

 

[pilotyip]

Real world

Notice in this thread a college graduate working in a non-aviation management job making $70K/yr. That is the real world of non-aviation jobs. So a HS grad making $100K in his mid-30's flying an airplane is a good job. Even if you have to work for the money sometimes.

 

[Clyde]

Notice in this thread a college graduate working in a non-aviation management job making $70K/yr. That is the real world of non-aviation jobs. So a HS grad making $100K in his mid-30's flying an airplane is a good job. Even if you have to work for the money sometimes.

I have a degree. I'm not saying I'm smart, but I do possess the piece of paper which makes people think I are.

 

[pilotyip]

clyde we will keep it a secret so you won't end up making $70K in a management job.