And then see how you will feel about
starry-eyed and ga-ga about flying,
newbies who think you deserve to be paid F'all cause your JOB is classed as "Cool" and seem oblivious to the inherant dangers, and quality of life in some of the absoloute S***holes that you have to live in to get a job think you may love.
A friend of mine cleans the local toilets, and earns in a week about what a helicopter pilot earns in a day.
My local dustman has his hands in s***, even if he doesn't work in a s***hole, and he makes peanuts too.
I know people who trained for years in all sorts of fields who don't make anything like what pilots make.
It comes down to supply and demand like everything else. What makes helicopter pilots think they're so special?
Sometimes I really hate this industry!!!
Whirly
(in uncharacteristic rant mode)