Commercial Aviation Pay Rates

[M.25]

Originally Posted by bushy

Didn't the flying schools tell you how terrible these flying jobs are when you went there to spend all that money for training?

I don’t think the flying schools tell people how it really is. If they did very few people would learn to fly.

You have to look at the big picture. A 21 year old tradesman on 150k a year not only makes 110k more than a GA pilot a year but INVESTS 110k more a year. A am not an accountant but a fool can see that the compound interest over the 20 years it takes the GA pilot to make anywhere near 150k a year is astronomical. A couple of my mates started working trades at the same time I started flying. They were a bit envious at the time but not any more. The houses they bought alone have increased in value by more than I have earned in TOTAL since then. That income is ON TOP of their salaries!

I enjoy my job but I will admit that it was not a very clever career move.