25 Years
04-11-2007, 12:31 PM
#31
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04-11-2007, 12:48 PM
#32
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Position: SkyWest Capt.
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I just finished transition training and I am waiting for IOE. I've talked to our IOE scheduler and she said that it'll be early to mid May before I can start IOE. Darn; 30+ straight days off filled with my wife, kid, family, Xbox 360, Golf, travel, beautiful 80 degree wx in sunny PHX and full pay. Life as a pilot SUX! By the time I complete IOE I will have only worked 10-12 days in 2 months (60+ days) with full pay at $35 an hour (money doesn't matter, wife make 6 figs) and when I return I’ll enjoy 15 days off a month as a FO in SLC bidding top 50% out of 300+ lines.
Life SUX, I should really follow SkyHigh and bail on the BS!
Life SUX, I should really follow SkyHigh and bail on the BS!
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04-11-2007, 01:33 PM
#34
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Position: SkyWest Capt.
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Although you're right, having a “Sugar Momma” does help the lowly days at the bottom. I love my wife, she has supported me all the way through and I supported her when she took her risk that has paid off for her/us.
BUT, between the lines is usually where I and most on this forum spend our time, join us.
04-11-2007, 02:20 PM
#35
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I think the forum should have a policy that coments about a members family are inappropriate. If a member makes reference to his/her family, there shall be no response with denigrating remarks about the famlies relationship, lifestyle, income, etc.
04-11-2007, 04:04 PM
#37
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Joined APC: Feb 2007
Posts: 161
Recently people on this forum have asked why I don't throw everything in to re-starting an aviation career? I possibly have as much as 25 years of eligibility left as an airline pilot. The answer isn't as easy as "I am a quitter" or "don't really love flying". I would protest that I am not a quitter, but why complete in a game that is unwinnable?
As I look upon the airline landscape it is obvious to me that industrial climate change is at work. LCC's and Ultra LCC's are permanently gnawing away at the base of the few standing companies that attempt to treat their employees well. Seven years ago it seemed crazy to think of the legacies being brought to their knees but we all have watched as they have. 25 years is plenty of time to see even the kings of cargo and sultan of the southwest fall. In the end everyone will have to sink to the lowest common denominator.
The jobs will always be there and will be even easier to get, but who but the most ardent of aviation disciples would want to take on a flying career in the face of such miserable pay and working conditions? Even now the next generation is primed to become more the working enthusiast and less of a prideful career professional.
25 years is plenty of time to get a flying career off the ground but in the end everyone will be working for Allegiant. It seems to me that the only real winning strategy is to quit playing. Perhaps in 10 years or so when start ups are everywhere offering quick upgrades and 50K per year I will jump back in. Hopefully by then I will be financially independent and pay will be irrelevant. However to place ones total financial needs on an airline career is unwise at best.
I have already survived my career holocaust. It was and is not fun however much better to do it now while I have 25 years of time left to salvage my retirement and lifestyle. In the end I think it might be those who had their careers snuffed out early and moved on while still young enough to recover who will be the real lucky ones.
SkyHigh
As I look upon the airline landscape it is obvious to me that industrial climate change is at work. LCC's and Ultra LCC's are permanently gnawing away at the base of the few standing companies that attempt to treat their employees well. Seven years ago it seemed crazy to think of the legacies being brought to their knees but we all have watched as they have. 25 years is plenty of time to see even the kings of cargo and sultan of the southwest fall. In the end everyone will have to sink to the lowest common denominator.
The jobs will always be there and will be even easier to get, but who but the most ardent of aviation disciples would want to take on a flying career in the face of such miserable pay and working conditions? Even now the next generation is primed to become more the working enthusiast and less of a prideful career professional.
25 years is plenty of time to get a flying career off the ground but in the end everyone will be working for Allegiant. It seems to me that the only real winning strategy is to quit playing. Perhaps in 10 years or so when start ups are everywhere offering quick upgrades and 50K per year I will jump back in. Hopefully by then I will be financially independent and pay will be irrelevant. However to place ones total financial needs on an airline career is unwise at best.
I have already survived my career holocaust. It was and is not fun however much better to do it now while I have 25 years of time left to salvage my retirement and lifestyle. In the end I think it might be those who had their careers snuffed out early and moved on while still young enough to recover who will be the real lucky ones.
SkyHigh
04-11-2007, 04:07 PM
#38
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04-11-2007, 04:59 PM
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Position: Jet preferably by the wing
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