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DE727UPS · October 11th, 2006, 12:49

"I have been very fourtante that the salary doesn't sway me to much starting out because I have savings and investments I could live off of"

Are you prepared to never make more than 60K, in today's dollars, for the rest of your career? That's Colgan's max pay and I wouldn't expect it to do any better than rise with inflation. Our last contract didn't even keep up with inflation, overall.

One negative about what I'm hearing you say is you're tied down to a certain area and even willing to work for Colgan forever to make that happen. Don't forget airlines get bought out, go out of business, park a fleet type, and change domicles on a pretty regular basis. Colgan has been steady in your area for a long time but they also branched out to Houston and will go wherever they can make a buck.

If there is one steady thing in aviation, it's change.

I hate to see you jump into this and be disappointed in five years when some of the "flying is so much fun" wears off, you'll never make over 60K, and they close your base and you get shipped off to Houston. Feel free to jump in, the waters fine, but have your eyes open.

October 11th, 2006, 12:49	#18
DE727UPS Old Skool Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Spokane, WA Posts: 6,547	Re: Do I really Want to Fly for the Airlines??? "I have been very fourtante that the salary doesn't sway me to much starting out because I have savings and investments I could live off of" Are you prepared to never make more than 60K, in today's dollars, for the rest of your career? That's Colgan's max pay and I wouldn't expect it to do any better than rise with inflation. Our last contract didn't even keep up with inflation, overall. One negative about what I'm hearing you say is you're tied down to a certain area and even willing to work for Colgan forever to make that happen. Don't forget airlines get bought out, go out of business, park a fleet type, and change domicles on a pretty regular basis. Colgan has been steady in your area for a long time but they also branched out to Houston and will go wherever they can make a buck. If there is one steady thing in aviation, it's change. I hate to see you jump into this and be disappointed in five years when some of the "flying is so much fun" wears off, you'll never make over 60K, and they close your base and you get shipped off to Houston. Feel free to jump in, the waters fine, but have your eyes open.