Salukipilot4590
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This job is incredibly easy. It's like getting paid money for enjoying a hobby.
Yes, they may work harder Dubya. But hardwork does pay off. My former college room mate just transferred companies in October because he nogotiated himself better pay and benefits with a new company. Don't get me wrong, if I had a trust fund, flying would be my Job of Choice.Really? Total lack of control? Come on.
Not such BIG differences after all.
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What other line of work can someone like me make over $150,000 a year (still an F/O) with just a high school diploma.
Try drug dealing, sell crack! You don't even need a high school diploma for that one!
Once you're furloughed, that high school degree won't get you far.
Try drug dealing, sell crack! You don't even need a high school diploma for that one!
Lynxpilot
I agree with you that there is going to be a mass exodus of pilots in about the next 3-4 years. I doubt this will cause the extreme pilot shortage everyone talks about. You are right that you have to either come from well off means or have loads of debt to afford all the flight training in this day and age. However 1-2 years ago when we where starting to see what a pilot shortage might do, management just kept lowering and lowering the minimum flight experience until some of the lower tier airlines only required your commercial. This in many cases greatly reduced the cost and time it took to make it to the airlines. Management is smart and know that not only could a severe pilot shortage happen but also how much leverage it would give pilot groups. For this reason they will do all it take to mitigate one including ab initio. Although I hope that I am wrong on this matter history shows that a pilot shortage brings about lower and lower quilifications for pilots until all you will need is a GED to become one.
Of course the most automated, sophisiticated, bad a$$ computer/autopilot in the world will never be able to do what Capt Sully just did.