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Originally Posted by shahan
Do pilots make good money starting out?
No
Everyone knows of someone who is a major airline pilot that makes 200K and works 5 days a month. There are those that do, however, the problem is that these jobs are not and will not be replaced. Major airline pilots have taken massive pay cuts and the wage scales will not recover. The major airline pilots have agreed to keep as much as they can by letting companies outsource more and more of their flying to "code share" or commuter companies that are flying bigger and bigger regional jets for 25K a year and PAY more than that to be trained on the aircraft. UPS and Fedex pilots are the best paid now. Anyone that gets in this business now that thinks that they can get the right resume to get hired by either of these companies needs a lesson in humility. Plus, lower wages are coming to the cargo industry, that is the next thing to come.........
Also, a previous poster commented about the importance of doing what you want in spite of the low pay. I agree in principle, but those that choose to work for peanuts needlessly hurt themselves and everyone else in the industry as well. There was a time that one could make a fine living in this country in many areas including trucking and aviation, it is those that CHOOSE to work for less that have helped let the rest of us down and have played into the hands of ruthless corporate and government exploiters.