fireflybob has hit the nail on the head.
I don`t have a pilot job yet but am looking. Yeah you don`t get paid huge amounts but it`s your other investements that make you money. I have a friend who has just taken semi-retirement at the age of 45. How come!!!
All the money he has ever earned has been pumped into property and so he now gets enough income to live very comfortable for the rest of his life. My parents wish they had bought a property and rented it out rather than put there money in some pension scheme which will pay them jack all once they retire.
The rich don`t get rich from a job, they get rich from savvy investments.