1/8 Question: Why do airline pilots make ~$300k? This seems signifcantly
larger than a silicon valley engineer.
\_ new pilots make ~30-40K in their first 2-3 years living as poor
CFIs. Then they fly for commuter airlines, most likely multi-twin
turboprops for another 5-6 years w/ only 50-60K. It takes about
10 more years before they make 100K, and another 10 years before
they see that 300K. They get 1-2 million for their retirement but
that's another story.
\_ because their training takes at least 100K and several years
to get them certified. You can't just walk in off the street and
fly multimillion dollar jumbo jets. -ERic
\_ You can't? God damn it! Now I need a new plan.
\_ the only pilots making anywhere close to that much are aircraft
commanders (aka captains) flying the flagship aircraft.. the big
ones and the new ones. it takes many years and tons of flight
time to qualify for those.. during which you usually get paid shit
and peanuts. -shac
\_ Because they also work 12-16 hour days, have fairly unpredictable
work schedules, rarely get to go home, and unlike engineers,
are responsible for the lives of about 300+ people, and require
years of training. Remember, commute airline pilots don't make
anywhere near that, rather the 747 ones do. -John
\_ Many engineers are responsible for lives of millions
through the product they create. Many software
engineers, too. Just not the dotcommies. And the ones
that _are_ are generally paid much less than your
average Si valley dotcommunist.
\_ Yeah but you're not driving an E10k for 16
hours straight staring at a bajillion blinkenlights
and if you fuck it up all the life support machines
in town blow up. -John
\_ How about flying a plutonium-filled spacecraft
on approach to Earth? Is that enough
responsibility? Airline pilots are glorified
bus drivers. --dim
\_ Okay I will drive the bus, and you drive
the fully fueled 747. If you get there in
They have a skill you can't get from a XYZ For Dummies book.
the same number of pieces as I do, I'll
\_ not making $300K? speak for yourself.
buy you dinner. Been watching "Airplane"
again? -John
\_ So clearly astronauts should be making
a lot more than they do? --dim
\_ I heard that in the near future all military
planes would be unmanned.
\_ The wars of tomorrow will be fought by
robots. And so your mission is clear -
to build and maintain those robots.
\_ I fucking hate when people put their shit in the
middle of someone else's comments. Don't fucking
interrupt! FUCK! That pisses me off. And no,
engineers are not making split second decisions
that can wipe out a few hundred people in an eye
blink. They engineer shit which hopefully goes
through a lot of testing and verifying and rebuilding
numerous times before being inflicted on the public.
Don't try to compare your Lockheed Martin missile
building project with flying a 747 over populated
areas. The pilot gets paid those bucks because
he's worth it. You're not. Don't delude yourself.
\_ A crashing plane != a crashing NT server
\_ My plane's onboard avionics runs on NT Server.
Should I be worried?
\_ no you should be looking for a parachute and
the emergency exit.
\_ Or a different plane in another city.
\_ And 747 pilots aren't a dime-a-dozen like c++ and java coders.
They have a skill you can't get from an XYZ For Dummies book.
\_ Although Lufthansa desperately seeks to prove otherwise. -John
\_ What does Lufthansa do?
\_ Feed you worse-than-usual slop, drink before flying
(mine did), save more money than usual by recirculating
air, try to loop 747s, bomb Poland, etc. -John
\_ What's wrong with bombing Poland?
\_ Use pilots that got to chapter 6 or higher in Flying 747s
For Dummies. |
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