Okay.....what?

I was married to a Pilot. He worked 4 days away, and was home for three. His job, as he told me, consisted of 'having to be awake for the first 10 minutes of a flight, and the last 10 minutes." I've heard run downs of the jokes they play on each other, other crews, and the like....it sounded like they have the auto pilot on most of the time

Now compare that to my job....I'd be gone 4 days, maybe five...heck, I've been away from home for as long as three weeks at a stretch....but unlike him, when working, I'm working that whole 10-14 hour day, and there's physical labor thrown in.....and a very good chance of accidental death or dismemberment....

I did get paid more than him.....but when it came to taxes...all the write-offs a pilot can get are amazing.....

Living wage my butt, now the tiny commuter airlines...they get paid sht.....but acording to my ex-hubby that's the dues people who go through the pilot-mill schools have to put up with.....people (like my ex) who are lucky enough to have the $$ to pay for the flight time, can get the hours they need, better training, and in more varied equipment than a pilot-mill graduate.....and can get on with a larger regional or a major in a much shorter period of time.....(if they're not, there's something wrong with their skills)

They put the shtty time in at the beginning of the carrer to get the wages further down the road. And it's usually not that long of a road......So yeah, maybe the days of $300,000-yr captains are gone....but still, pilots will still make alot of money.....(just not right out of pilot-school, heck, WHO makes alot of money right out of school????)