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Old 9th Sep 2002, 18:08
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RolandPullthrough
 
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Comparing apples to apples in the vain of the original post is difficult. Do you have kids? Do you like hosties who aren't particularly Asian (No racial preference inferred on my behalf.)? Do you mind living in a small box crowded in by 5 million others? Do you think that working in aviation anywhere is better than an average job in an average country with an average retirement plan?

The outright pay numbers are vastlly different, as are the costs. The general complaints against our management are similar to many other airlines but generally less vitriolic. If you work in aviation and haven't seen erosion of conditions it's only becasue you're working for free currently, too glassy eyed to notice, or so senior that you're unaware that your major airline is about to file for Chapter 11 but haven't got around to telling you yet.

Ask some of the drivers that you know in each location with similar interests/domestic circumstances and then weigh up the money versus happiness graph that should be the obvious outcome of your enquiries. Find the point on the curve that suits you. Get your job and then begin whinging like the rest of us.

There's no pilot as happy or content as a whinging one!

Edited because I can't spell havne't. D'oh!
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