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Originally Posted by NEWBY101  Absolutley, but just because I ask how much can I expect to get paid as a pilot, doesn't mean what do I do with my life if indeed I do get paid less than what I'm getting paid now. The two don't go hand in hand in my opinion, also you don't have to be an old fuddy duddy to know how to manage your money. 40 is also a very young age to be giving out life advice and not that far away from 31, depending on your lifes achievements. Thank you for your commments, but again, I can make my own decisions on whether or not I will put myself in the poor house. I do not want to come across as being rude, but please keep your life lessons to yourselves. |
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Originally Posted by NEWBY101 Read the post bro, I want to know "IF" I can make money doing it! Not that I want to settle for nothing, but I DO NOT want to get into the business if I can't make some money even though I love flying! Toonces was sperting off at the mouth about nothing! I don't want to make chump change! I want to be able to support my family in a career I love, and having to defend myself every freaking second to you guys is begining to shed a light on the career I might be choosing! |
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Originally Posted by NEWBY101 Kristie you sound like a really nice person and I thank you for the comments, but even being I young man as you implied, I have been in the sales industry for 14 years now, and pay scales jump around year after year depending on the market. I know how to budget my money to prepair for the down times. If I am able to have "control" on our finances, after 4 recession then I think I can handle a few more. All information is good inforormation, I just ask to please tone down the life lessons please! Again I do have respect for you! You have a lot of knowledge in this field, I just think there is a better way to communicate it to a guy like me. Thank you again.  |
Relax just a tad. I think you're reading too much into people's responses that aren't realy intended. It is VERY difficult to read inflection, tone, and intent from the written word, especially when people's writing styles differ so much from their in-real-life personas. My first bit of advice for you is to always give a person the benefit of the doubt when trying to interpret tone and intent. Most people are here because they want to
help others, not pick on them.
Secondly, in my personal opinion you really can't seperate "life lessons" from advice on the aviation profession. I speak from experience. I made the change about four years ago, and reduced my salary by well over 50% to do so, and have never been happier. BUT, I'm happier because of the life lessons that I've added to my repertoire, in conjunction with what I've picked up about being a professional pilot. They go hand in hand. The way that my wife and I have handled the changes are much more important in my happiness than what those changes were, you know what I mean?
As far as learning life lessons, I'm of the opinion that you should never quit. The older you get, the more that you realize that experience is a great teacher, and learning from others' experiences is a very valuable tool. Let's see, you've been an "adult" for 12 - 13 years. Kristie has been so for 20+ (almost twice as long), and I was an adult when you were born (close to three times as long). Maybe, just maybe there is something that we can add to what you've already learned. Maybe not. But if you shut us off from even offering info I can guarantee that you won't learn from our experience.
I recommend that you be careful about cherry-picking the answers that you want to hear. I can understand that you might feel defensive about people talking about issues that are not directly aviation related, but you just might be missing some valuable information along the way. At the very least you can end up with people thinking to themselves "I'm not going to bother giving this guy any advice. He won't listen anyway." I can tell you that right now I'm on that fence myself.
Please, just keep in mind that people are here to help, especially Doug and Kristie. Really.