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Airdale · October 3rd, 2006, 23:56

This is a good question, and I ponder it all the time. For me, QOL is much more important then pay. Money is....well money. Its green...its paper...it buys you things....pays the bills. But people are human beings. And being home, spending time with my soon to be wife and raising a family are more important to me then money or flying. I'd never give up a family to fly a shiney jet.

I've been told that's the wrong mentality to have in this industry, but I was raised that way. Jobs will come and go as will money and things you buy with it. But family will always be there. I'm willing to sacrifice the pay, the 3-4 day trips, long hours and over nights in the beginning, but I'm not sacrificing a family life for it. I've sacrificed enough during my service in the military and the 6 months I spent away getting my ratings. I'm a pilot, always will be. A job is a job. I'd love nothing more then to have a great job flying airplanes and have a great family life, but I won't give up everything to fly jets. I can not afford to move outside of the NJ/PA/NY/DE area. My fiance is a special education school teacher here and honestly she makes more then I will in my first 5 years as a Regional pilot. So I'm not going to move her somewhere else for a Regional Airline. I can't afford to support her and its not what she wants. So....I'll continue to build time and hope that I can work for Express or Air Whiskey based out of EWR or PHL. If that doesn't work, maybe something Corporate will come along.

The bottom line is, I love to fly and I'll give it a shot for a few years while I'm still young and just hope the cards get dealt in my favor. If not, I'll always be a pilot and enjoy flying, but maybe I'll have to do something else to make the green paper. I guess it all boils down to your own values and what you want.

October 3rd, 2006, 23:56	#5
Airdale Old Skool Join Date: May 2005 Location: Dirty Jerzey Posts: 2,142	Re: QOL Questions This is a good question, and I ponder it all the time. For me, QOL is much more important then pay. Money is....well money. Its green...its paper...it buys you things....pays the bills. But people are human beings. And being home, spending time with my soon to be wife and raising a family are more important to me then money or flying. I'd never give up a family to fly a shiney jet. I've been told that's the wrong mentality to have in this industry, but I was raised that way. Jobs will come and go as will money and things you buy with it. But family will always be there. I'm willing to sacrifice the pay, the 3-4 day trips, long hours and over nights in the beginning, but I'm not sacrificing a family life for it. I've sacrificed enough during my service in the military and the 6 months I spent away getting my ratings. I'm a pilot, always will be. A job is a job. I'd love nothing more then to have a great job flying airplanes and have a great family life, but I won't give up everything to fly jets. I can not afford to move outside of the NJ/PA/NY/DE area. My fiance is a special education school teacher here and honestly she makes more then I will in my first 5 years as a Regional pilot. So I'm not going to move her somewhere else for a Regional Airline. I can't afford to support her and its not what she wants. So....I'll continue to build time and hope that I can work for Express or Air Whiskey based out of EWR or PHL. If that doesn't work, maybe something Corporate will come along. The bottom line is, I love to fly and I'll give it a shot for a few years while I'm still young and just hope the cards get dealt in my favor. If not, I'll always be a pilot and enjoy flying, but maybe I'll have to do something else to make the green paper. I guess it all boils down to your own values and what you want.