I really enjoyed flying around while I was training. Now in the real world, living in a hole of a town, working 12-14 hour days, putting up with BullS**T from the owner of the company, knowing that you could be fired for the silliest things & getting paid less than when I was stacking shelfs in a supermarket have really opened my eyes. The flying is good, but thats where it all ends. I dont want to sound negative, but knowing what I know now, I seriously doubt I would get involved in aviation as a commercial pilot.
The reality of the situation is that pilots have always been treated badly - it started after WW2, then decades after pilots finally got some good pay and conditions & then it all fell apart in the pilots dispute in '89. I dont see things improving anytime soon (just look at the pay that virgin and jet* drivers are on).
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