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Re:Boeing 777 departing Dubai nearly had a major incident af... by throwawaygh on Saturday January 01, 2022 @10:48PM (#29765629)
Pilots for large airlines are paid very well (100k-200k+). The training is expensive and time-consuming, but not that expensive or that time-consuming, if we compare to e.g. medicine or science.

There is a low-paid and debt-heavy portion of the career. However, Medical students aren't paid and even the lowest-paid pilot is making more than the average phd candidate.

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Re:Boeing 777 departing Dubai nearly had a major incident af... by raverbashing on Sunday January 02, 2022 @01:48AM (#29766460)
The fact that medical students have it hard doesn't justify it being bad for the pilots.

Also it's probably easier to get student loans for medicine than it is for piloting.

Maybe the regional carriers should pay more and have better conditions but funny how they describe it as a "pilot shortage". It's just supply and demand.

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Re:Boeing 777 departing Dubai nearly had a major incident af... by nopzor on Sunday January 02, 2022 @05:00AM (#29767361)
new commercial pilots who are flying small airplanes for large airlines in the usa (eg “united express” pilots) barely crack 50k usd salary. and this is after big pay rises the last year.
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