The huge disparity between GA and airline wages is a significant factor, not just the GA wages alone. This disparity encourages, in part, an enormous motivation to get in and through GA as fast as possible doing what it takes to sacrifice over the (perceived) short term for the pot of gold in the long term.
In many industries, the people progressing up the ladder also seem to involve themselves in furthering the industry they came up in. It might just be my skewed observations, but it seems that most airline pilots are just happy to be rid of the GA scene. I might be in disagreement with them at times, but hats off to those who give of their time and resources in public GA organisations.
Last edited by Lodown; 6th Jul 2005 at 14:33.