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<blockquote data-quote="Bagels" data-source="post: 1179149" data-attributes="member: 43436"><p>In the article itself there's plenty of dissenting opinions. Fact remains that there's over 50,000 regional & private pilots earning a median wage in the mid-$30s, and thousands more soon to be ex-military pilots with a median age in the mid-30s (in other words, at least 30 years until mandatory retirement). Contrary to the projections in the article (and it alludes to this), the US airline industry is not expanding, and is in fact contracting in many ways (America Airlines - US Airways merger will give up plenty of capacity, as well the ongoing Southwest-AirTran). The 10-year outlook for the profession is poor. </p><p></p><p>I don't mean to discourage you from your dream, although you've already convince yourself otherwise, but you need to be realistic. Between college & flight school, you're going to bury yourself in up to $100,000 in debt, then spend the next ten years flying for regional carriers and pocketing $300,000-$350,000 cumulatively. You're going to struggle to pay your debt, delay have a family, and maybe when you're in your mid-30s you'll get a shot at a job with a major carrier. Of course, by then the pay scales will undoubtedly be lowered, and as always the first several years of your career will be spent on call - in an undesirable place such as NYC, where rent is so high pilots commute to crash pads. There's a reason why people who've obtained such licenses in the past ten years have buyer's remorse. But if it still seems worth it to you, go for it.</p><p></p><p>OTOH, if you expect that you'll "graduate," fly a couple years for a regional then get a job with Delta in the Atlanta base... keep dreaming, because that's all you're doing <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" />.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bagels, post: 1179149, member: 43436"] In the article itself there's plenty of dissenting opinions. Fact remains that there's over 50,000 regional & private pilots earning a median wage in the mid-$30s, and thousands more soon to be ex-military pilots with a median age in the mid-30s (in other words, at least 30 years until mandatory retirement). Contrary to the projections in the article (and it alludes to this), the US airline industry is not expanding, and is in fact contracting in many ways (America Airlines - US Airways merger will give up plenty of capacity, as well the ongoing Southwest-AirTran). The 10-year outlook for the profession is poor. I don't mean to discourage you from your dream, although you've already convince yourself otherwise, but you need to be realistic. Between college & flight school, you're going to bury yourself in up to $100,000 in debt, then spend the next ten years flying for regional carriers and pocketing $300,000-$350,000 cumulatively. You're going to struggle to pay your debt, delay have a family, and maybe when you're in your mid-30s you'll get a shot at a job with a major carrier. Of course, by then the pay scales will undoubtedly be lowered, and as always the first several years of your career will be spent on call - in an undesirable place such as NYC, where rent is so high pilots commute to crash pads. There's a reason why people who've obtained such licenses in the past ten years have buyer's remorse. But if it still seems worth it to you, go for it. OTOH, if you expect that you'll "graduate," fly a couple years for a regional then get a job with Delta in the Atlanta base... keep dreaming, because that's all you're doing :). [/QUOTE]
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