"John" wrote in
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"Bob F." wrote in message
. ..
In case you haven't noticed, the death of aviation has already
occurred. It
happened with all the law suits, rising cost of gas prices and scab
CFI's that will fly for nothing. I've been in the industry for over
45 years. They say there is a lot of money in aviation. I know that
because I put a lot of it in there! I am appalled that you can't
make a decent living in the industry. Oh yes, there are a few souls
that have made it, but it's like the lotto, not a planned definite
process. I can't believe that I have spent so much time and money in
the industry and can't make it there. In what other industry can you
invest almost $100k in training and experience achieve, what is
called "the PhD of Aviation, the ATP", all the CFI's offered by the
FAA and still can't command more then minimum wags?? The AOPA, FAA,
NAFI and defunct organizations such as NPA, etc have all fallen down
on the job, BIG TIME. All useless to foster the community. I go
into a flight school and immediately get the feeling that "I don't
want to be here". You do not feel welcome! All these managers need
serious marketing and business education. And pilots need to start
DEMANDING a living wage, or just don't fly. Students need to expect
to PAY for training, $100 per hr for an instructor is not
unreasonable. This about how much you would pay any other
professional. How much would you pay a plumber. Then think about
how much you pay a CFI and gripe about it! NUTS.

--
BobF.
Lincoln actually got it right but was way ahead of his time when he
said, "You can have some of you computer working all of the time and
all of your computer working some of the time but..." It was he that
said that, wasn't it?

While the ATP can cost a lot of money to obtain,

It can, but needn't. I took the written (free, and maybe twenty bucks
for the study guide) and just booked and took th eflight test, which
consisted of about three hours rental of a twin. No instruction..
You can't use it til you have th ehours and if you've been flying for a
living it should be easy..





Bertie