Tiffany,
I'm not a pilot, I'm a air traffic controller, which in my opinion is the better job because I have a regular pay check, and I'm home every night.
The pilot job market from what some of my friends tell me is pretty tough to break into, unless you are willing to work for almost minimum wage. I know commuter pilots that just to make ends meet that four to six pilots live in one apartment (granted only two or three may be home at a time), all hoping to break into the majors one day and start earning those mega paychecks.
Read the financial papers, a lot of airlines are asking their pilots, flight attendants, and ground personnel, and asking for huge wage concessions (pay cuts), or benefits reductions, so just how secure is their jobs?
Mike
NATCA FWA