Good advice. You are either happy or not with what you make. Most airline pilots in the states make dam good money. A commuter Dash-7 pilot for USAirways makes $60,000 to $70,000 per year. Thats not bad for only a 37 passenger aircraft. The 737 captains make $159,000 per year. One can`t expect the new kid on the block to make the big pay in the first part of thier career. Thats in any business. And going by passenger load size is obsolete. With that logic a Cruise Ship Captain should make 1 Million per year since they have upwards of 3000 t0 4500 passengers and crew under thier controll. Also most military pilots haav more responsability and training than any airline pilot so thier pay should also be higher. We all want more,but if we go by worth of job and responsability,then many others deserve much more than many recieving high pay. Also the crews that are up and down all day long deserve more that a wide body that makes one takeoff and one landing per crew change. Flying 3000 mile or more flight doesn`t require any where near the effort as being in weather and air traffic all day long. Also we saw on Sept.11 what happens when we have untrained and low payed ground staff. Also many people have education loans to pay back. My son is a graduate in graphic design and has almost $60,000 to pay back. its just not pilots.
[ 31 October 2001: Message edited by: berry0933 ]
[ 31 October 2001: Message edited by: berry0933 ]
[ 31 October 2001: Message edited by: berry0933 ]