Occupational Outlook Handbook

Re:Occupational Outlook Handbook by abrax3141 on Sunday February 16, 2020 @04:00PM (#22343724)

Seems like the highest paying x easiest occupation is being an airline pilot.

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Re:Occupational Outlook Handbook by airbreather on Monday February 17, 2020 @04:57AM (#22346605)

Maybe, it's said to be 99.999% boredom and 0.001% panic.

I know a few serious international airliner pilots (high ranking, national flag carriers), I went to a high school with an aviation specialty. Both around 50 yo.

One guy quit because couldn't handle the repetitive boredom.

The other does 30 days on and 30 days off, lives in NZ in primo spot, but I have worked rosters in construction before and know all the problems they can bring, esp ongoing rosters with no escape future.

Interestingly I am an electrical engineer (which for me is my dream job), outearn them both by a large margin and have a much more interesting job, IMO.

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Re:Occupational Outlook Handbook by abrax3141 on Monday February 17, 2020 @07:50PM (#22352442)

Yeah, but you don’t get to fly for a living: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/amazing-cockpit-pilo...

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Re:Occupational Outlook Handbook by airbreather on Thursday February 20, 2020 @07:20AM (#22374523)

I get paid to fly as a passenger far more often than I would like.

I live in the most isolated capital city in the world and where you can easily fly for well over two hours and still be in the same state.

I would be happy to never get on another plane.

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