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Originally Posted by wheelsup  Oh OK so it's only about the money for you. I see. Why did you become a pilot then? Why not a doctor, a lawyer, or [insert job where you quote high pay]?
You can't put a price on living where you want? I can. It could mean the difference between a 3/2 1500 sq. ft. home that costs $500,000 vs. $130,000. It could mean the difference between driving to work every day and hating rush hour traffic or using a golf cart as your primary transportation.
Then you did the wrong thing going to ExpressJet. You need to make a move toward a corporate job where you can directly negotiate your pay.
I didn't say it was great. I said it still goes a long way. I'm not at Skybus 1) because I'll make more money here as an FO than I would there as an FO and more as a CA here than as a CA there 2) I can't stand the midwest and hope I never have to move there 3) because they are a new startup and I think they don't have a chance and 4) because I drink too much soda and I refuse to spend my per diem buying the stuff while at work!!  |
I've got 34 hours in beautiful Dayton, OH to argue with you guys about this one now.
I'm not in this job for the money, but I'm also not juvenile enough to think that this isn't a J-O-B. This isn't just some childhood dream to me that allows me to live where I want or fly cool airplanes for me, it's a way to pay bills. If it isn't that for you, then I hope you get out ASAP because you're not doing anything but hurting my negotiating power. To be quite honest with you I live on $19,000 a year just fine, the only thing that sucks about it is I'm unable to save any money with making this little. Right now I'm spending 50% of my income on rent between my apartment in Utah and my crashpad in Newark. I could live in the pilot lounge, but I'm sure the other guys at my company wouldn't be too happy about that. I could move to New Jersey but my fiance would leave me and I'd probably be spending just as much on rent.