UNDflyboy

2nd THAT. Lets hear airline, seat, and the takehome or Gross

fr8rcaptain

What, size matters?

However irrelevant you feel SkyHigh is, trust me, money isn't everything. Enjoying your family, enjoying going to work, and a few other things rank higher than one's W-2 at the end of the year.

I know pilots who are VERY happy flying for a smaller, lower-paying operation; and I know SEVERAL highly compensated UPS pilots who are miserable.

PS362

My instructor in the police academy told me not to waste my money on a Criminal Justice degree . . . . . I did. Now I fly. Never used it, but a degree from a major university, no matter what it is in, demonstrates to a potential employer that you can more than likely survive in a challenging academic environment.

Engineering?? I thought the railroads were cutting back.

Spartan07

On the contrary, BNSF is hiring like a freaking madman. Pretty decent pay for pretty decent work... Especially if you can weld.

Also, when I was pondering a career in Law Enforcement it was pretty much the exact same discussion among LE Officers as we see on this board. "Don't get a degree in CJ, it's too specialized and if something happens and you can't be a cop anymore it's worthless... etc.". Sound familiar? I'm starting to notice that on a lot of things the aviation industry kind of parrallels other specialized industries... It might lean a little on the unstable side ( ) but it pretty much sounds like it ends up pretty similar to anything else (There you go SkyHigh, Let's hear how terrible it really is compared to everything ).

P.S - I would really like to see this thread discuss take home cash of pilots as per the original topic