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In reply to the discussion: Airline Pilots: Is Anybody Interested in Being One? [View all]rsmith6621
(6,942 posts)13. No Body Wants To Sit In a CREW Room....
........... for 10 hours in a 14 hour day and only fly for 4 and earn $80 for the day and only do that 3 days a week. The airlines have done a good job at demoralizing employees....
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Aren't most commercial pilots recruited out of the military? They can't fly or read guages?
leveymg
May 2012
#1
They can't fly cross-country with just a compass, alt, speedo, map, watch and a radio frequency?
leveymg
May 2012
#15
Yup, you read those stories of airline crashes and the pilots are on food stamps
riderinthestorm
May 2012
#12
wow. that pretty much explains the situation right there. $17K starting pay for a pilot? unreal.
HiPointDem
May 2012
#36
Probably not many people are. The working conditions suck and the pay is worse than Taco Bell.
Edweird
May 2012
#14
The airlines have ensured the pilot position has been downgraded to bus driver.
CK_John
May 2012
#16
probably before your time, but bus driver used to be a decent job as well. decent wages,
HiPointDem
May 2012
#37
Flight training is mega expensive. Where I took my flight training it costs $88/hr for a Cessna 152
neverforget
May 2012
#21
It's the same all over. In a paroxysm of stupid we radically shifted or entire national
Egalitarian Thug
May 2012
#22
I think your (1) pretty much says it all and can be plugged into any career classification.
cherokeeprogressive
May 2012
#31
I absolutely defer to your experience. Having spent 10 years in Naval Aviation
cherokeeprogressive
May 2012
#34
I'm completely convinced that the safety record of US air carriers is almost wholly dependent...
Major Nikon
May 2012
#32
this thread makes me glad i don't have to fly anywhere anymore. i was already glad because
HiPointDem
May 2012
#40