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HiPointDem

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36. wow. that pretty much explains the situation right there. $17K starting pay for a pilot? unreal.

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Airline Pilots: Is Anybody Interested in Being One? [View all] trof May 2012 OP

Aren't most commercial pilots recruited out of the military? They can't fly or read guages? leveymg May 2012 #1

problems Slammer May 2012 #6

No, not any more. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2012 #8

No longer. trof May 2012 #9

They can't fly cross-country with just a compass, alt, speedo, map, watch and a radio frequency? leveymg May 2012 #15

trof, did you see the 60 minutes piece last night on the new Raptor? Bake May 2012 #48

No, but I've read about it. Also...Military pilots: Dying breed? trof May 2012 #49

+1 DearAbby May 2012 #17

I know a retiring military pilot Sen. Walter Sobchak May 2012 #28

point #5 Whisp May 2012 #2

Thats confidence inspiring. Ruby the Liberal May 2012 #3

Yup, you read those stories of airline crashes and the pilots are on food stamps riderinthestorm May 2012 #12

This article is too funny. peace13 May 2012 #4

I wouldn't call it 'funny'. trof May 2012 #10

wow. that pretty much explains the situation right there. $17K starting pay for a pilot? unreal. HiPointDem May 2012 #36

I'm 70 years old and I have one eye tularetom May 2012 #5

Well, I am 73 years old and still only have my learner's license. RebelOne May 2012 #18

Interesting. And consistent with what I'd been hearing The Velveteen Ocelot May 2012 #7

I'll bounce it off my beau, trof Skittles May 2012 #11

No Body Wants To Sit In a CREW Room.... rsmith6621 May 2012 #13

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

I doubt it, I was born in 1940. nt CK_John May 2012 #43

well, then: HiPointDem May 2012 #44

I've kicked around daydreams of starting a new life as a pilot at 35 Blue_Tires May 2012 #19

Spent the last 10 years of my career flying cargo. It was heaven. trof May 2012 #42

another point to consider: Blue_Tires May 2012 #47

I can fix this with one word.... A HERETIC I AM May 2012 #20

Flight training is mega expensive. Where I took my flight training it costs $88/hr for a Cessna 152 neverforget May 2012 #21

It cost me $35/hour, wet, with instructor. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2012 #23

It's the same all over. In a paroxysm of stupid we radically shifted or entire national Egalitarian Thug May 2012 #22

I believe this is the video you are talking about eqfan592 May 2012 #29

To me as well. This video is a clip from a much longer piece. Egalitarian Thug May 2012 #41

+1 HiPointDem May 2012 #38

7. the airlines pay shit wages and suppress unions. provis99 May 2012 #24

Too expensive for too little return johnd83 May 2012 #25

And yet I keep seeing airline deregulation cited as one of Carter's pscot May 2012 #26

I know a couple of ex-airline pilots Sen. Walter Sobchak May 2012 #27

I guess that old joke is becoming less relevant these days... pinboy3niner May 2012 #30

I think your (1) pretty much says it all and can be plugged into any career classification. cherokeeprogressive May 2012 #31

It is a little different with the airlines Major Nikon May 2012 #33

I absolutely defer to your experience. Having spent 10 years in Naval Aviation cherokeeprogressive May 2012 #34

so you picked up all the slack from the slackers? why? HiPointDem May 2012 #39

I'm completely convinced that the safety record of US air carriers is almost wholly dependent... Major Nikon May 2012 #32

Excellent. A day of reckoning is at hand. Zalatix May 2012 #35

Why is having no airline industry a good thing? MrSlayer May 2012 #50

There'll be an airline industry. It will simply have to reform itself. Zalatix May 2012 #52

this thread makes me glad i don't have to fly anywhere anymore. i was already glad because HiPointDem May 2012 #40

My sister's fiance is a pilot Nikia May 2012 #45

I had a6 digit income during my last 10 years, '89-'99. trof May 2012 #46

Where do NetJets and the other executive jet services get pilots? FarCenter May 2012 #51

The same place the airlines do Major Nikon May 2012 #53