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Old Apr 13, 2010 | 01:18 PM
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Originally Posted by evil s2k,Apr 13 2010, 02:23 PM
maybe start flying private jets? (i know nothing of the industry, this is merely all I could come up with)
Have you looked into this? Find some billionaire and be his private pilot
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Old Apr 13, 2010 | 01:18 PM
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run drugs from mexico?





i got nothin for you dude. been doing the same basic work since i got out of college.
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Old Apr 13, 2010 | 01:25 PM
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Originally Posted by OverBooster,Apr 13 2010, 01:18 PM
Have you looked into this? Find some billionaire and be his private pilot
its a very hard job to get and your on CALL ALL OF THE TIME, so no drinking, have to be close by the airport etc.............
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Old Apr 13, 2010 | 01:25 PM
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Who said making money was easy?

If you want to be stuck in regional and NOT take that 10k paycut to make more money down the line, that's on you--not your shitty management.

If you are happy being a pilot, but not happy with your company. try and find work elsewhere. Cut your losses, and make $30k for another two years before you can move up with the "big airlines"
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Old Apr 13, 2010 | 01:27 PM
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Originally Posted by JoeyBalls,Apr 13 2010, 02:25 PM
its a very hard job to get and your on CALL ALL OF THE TIME, so no drinking, have to be close by the airport etc.............
HOw hard is it to be with a company like NetJets?

For a huge paper I did sophomore year in high school about a career, I did a pilot ('cause it was my dream job). The guy was a Captain flying their G5's. Worked 2 on 3 off--or something like that, and pulled $250k/year.

Also, what about other pilot jobs? I think it'd be a RUSH to be a fire-bomber, and they make $$$. Same with bush pilots in Alaska.

Another guy I interviewed was a bush pilot in the summer, and in 3 months, made like $60k. Then went down to CA to be a firebomber during the fire season, and would make another 70-80k for 6-8 months of work.
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Old Apr 13, 2010 | 01:42 PM
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^ its not that easy brotha, first off all NetJets just laid-off 500 pilots. Making money may not be easy but Im a highly skilled professional. Also its not a 10,000 paycut, its a 60,000 paycut, and thats just for year 1, not to mention still playing catch u for the next few years.

You have to be a captain at a regional before you go to a "major" 99% of the time anyway, so you go from making lets say 90k to 30k, thats not a 10,000 paycut my friend

Also what you fail to understand when you did your research is I cant jump from airline to airline, unless I want to start on the bottom of another seniority list and go back to 20,000 a year.

There are so many misconceptions about the airline industry, not being a dick, just clarifying
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Old Apr 13, 2010 | 01:49 PM
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So yeah, you need a career change.

Good luck.
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Old Apr 13, 2010 | 02:45 PM
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Joey, maybe you can go into the Mall pretzel/convenient store business with Scot.
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Old Apr 13, 2010 | 02:52 PM
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No hot stewardesses to keep your interest?

You should apply to Asian airlines; they usually only hire attractive stewardesses because they don't follow the equal employment opportunity laws.
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Old Apr 13, 2010 | 03:04 PM
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^ I went through that phase of having fun with F/A's truth be told they are all ****** crazy and not worth the hassle..............
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