I read an interesting article in the US World and News Report
recently; it was titled “The 50 Best Careers in 2011”. Not surprisingly,
one of those Top 50 Careers is flying professionally as a Commercial
Pilot.
For pilots, airlines aren’t the only game in town” is how the article
on Commercial Pilots begins. It then goes on to discuss a lot of
alternatives to flying for a living outside of the Airline Industry,
some of them high paying positions as well as some that list average pay
but are extremely interesting and rewarding.
“In 2009, median income for commercial pilots was $65,840, according
to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.” That statistic was mentioned next
and may fly in the face of some news reporter’s accounts of earning a
living in aviation. Of course, the goal most pursued is the prospect of
flying the biggest airliners for the biggest salaries. There will be a
lot of those opportunities as well for those who have the solid
fundamental flight training necessary to pursue those jobs.
The article goes on to rank commercial aviation as one of the next
decade’s most rapidly expanding areas of employment: “Employment in this
field is expected to grow 19 percent through 2018, according to the
Bureau of Labor Statistics. An estimated 7,300 new jobs will be added.
With mergers and cutbacks in the industry, a lot of furloughed pilots
are currently competing for jobs. But that should ease as the economy
improves, air traffic picks up, and a lot of aging pilots retire.”
The article ends with the type of advice we always try to give here:
Real advice from real people on how to land a job as a commercial pilot
as related by someone who has been there.
“I got my commercial certificate, then my flight instructor
certification. So I was teaching, and making a living flying a Cessna
172 with a traffic reporter. That added up to about six hours of flying
every day. I also flew a nighttime cargo route between L.A. and
Sacramento, then flew an on-demand passenger charter. By the time
American Eagle hired me in 1999, I had 2,500 hours of flying time. If
you’re not coming from the military, that’s a typical sort of
progression.” — Dave Ryter, American Eagle pilot and chairman of Air
Line Pilots Association education committee.
This path to success is being taken every day by aspiring commercial
pilots who have made a career in aviation by taking the most direct
route to the cockpit of commercial aircraft: getting the best flight
training available so that they can quickly advance their careers and
achieve their career goals.
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