Maybe glamourous wasn't the best word, but you illustrate the point of
people being motivated for reasons beyond the pay.

Mike
MU-2




"C Kingsbury" wrote in message
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"Mike Rapoport" wrote in message
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Salaries will always be low in an occupation considered to be glamorous.

When was the last time a large segment of the population considering
flying a Beech 1900 or CRJ glamorous? Once upon a time, back in Pan
Am's glory days perhaps, it was a "rock star" kind of job. Now most
people view them as bus drivers who program autopilots. And most of
them don't even know about the dog!

To be fair, I'd love to have my brother-in-law's job. He flies 767s
for UPS all over the world, spending two days at a time in downtown
hotels in Manila, Bangkok, Singapore, Bombay, Dubai, Copenhagen, etc.
Good pay, expenses, etc. I'm 28 and single, he's 42 and has an
adorable 2 year old son. Anyway, I'd go that way (I work in IT sales
now) but I also watched him work his way up from CFI through traffic
watch, night freight, and so on over close to ten years before he got
that "glamorous" job that one little medical issue could yank out from
under him.

Best,
-cwk.