Drove Cabs too, all night shift in a capital city. Wasn't fun and downright dangerous. Did this for 2 yrs. I'd query the salary or hourly earnings that -520 states but his illustrated point is to me valid when commenting on this post. I don't recall my earnings when driving the drunks, pros, needle addicts etc to their chosen destination but the advent of cheaper flights with all it involves is a reasonable comparison these days since the introduction of LCC's. Crewing a Bus or a Boeing tech crew wise is the same as it ever was, but the load aft appears to be the same type of folk I once saw thumbing for a ride when I was driving the dust looking for my first flying job.