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Learn to fly is the new learn to code. It's the biggest return on investment of any career right now.

>> No.54244785

>>54244755
so much banker will fly in the next few months!

>> No.54244833

>>54244755
>captain

Cope most air wagies make around $50k while spending most their time in hotels.

At least trucker chads makes $100k while living the comfy van life

>> No.54244874
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>>54244755
yeah the problem is you don't make that money out of the gate, after you get your license you have to fly cargo for 5 years, then you have to fly shitty connector flights for 5 years, and then finally you might be able to land a big boy job at United, Delta, etc. but you'll start at the bottom again and you'll have to spend another 10 years flying routes that nobody else wants before your have any kind of control over your schedule

t. planned to become a pilot at the beginning of the pandemic but convinced myself that it's not worth it

>> No.54244911

Learning to fly without nepotism/diversity points means getting into $200,000 of debt with your only employment prospects being bush flying in a deathtrap hellhole for $30,000 a year.

>> No.54245020

>>54244755
you left out the part where you need to be a flight instructor for a few years making $20-30k/year just to maybe get into a regional airline, at which point you'll grind for several more years on $70-90k/year while somehow repaying your $100k pilot school loan @ 8% interest.

>> No.54245027

>>54244755
You're looking at a decade plus of shit schedules for shit pay before you make it to year one on this chart. It might get better as more old pilots retire but will still take years of flying for SkyWest or one of those other regional airlines before you make it to the big time.

>> No.54245055

>>54244755
>Learn to fly
This isn't the 60's.
Airline pilots get paid shit wages.

>> No.54245116

>>54244755
you'll be flying with a tranny pilot and a female copilot judging by all the quota creep going on but crucially all the responsibility will be on you and you must banter with them to keep them awake. That is worth more than they can afford.

>> No.54245121

>>54244833
>trucker
>chads
hillbilly cope lol

>> No.54246293

>>54244755
>Learn to fly is the new learn to code. It's the biggest return on investment of any career right now.
pretty sure you need a vaccination to fly

>> No.54246521

>>54244833
>At least trucker chads makes $100k
delusional lmao. most company otr truckers will be lucky to clear 60k and that is with all the ridiculous hours and waiting (you aren't paid and treated like a complete slave)
>while living the comfy van life
i don't think living in and out of a filthy truck stop lot that is covered in piss is comfy