As you mentioned Mike, those people making $200K/year are very old and close to retirement age. Most of the pilots won't make that far because of furloughs, and being stuck in a small company. Also, let us not forget that there is a issue of losing a medical that hangs over your head and you don't know when it is going to hit you. I know at least two pilots who in their 50s had to leave their career because theit EKGs where not good enough to hold a 1st Class medical, which you would need to occupy the seat of that $200K/year job.. BAHA ACUNER - CFI,CFII,MEI www.bahadiracuner.com www.acuwings.com -----Original Message----- From: The Airline List [mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Mike Gammon Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 9:26 PM To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Business Question Yeah but the AMT gets to sleep in his own bed every night. Plus, and with all due respect to AMTs, the skills set required to fly hard IFR in real weather in an emergency is pretty hard to come by. Mike Gammon ----- Original Message ----- From: "DeltaAMT" <delta.amt@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 8:42 PM Subject: Re: Business Question > > Those pilot 6 days are not ordinary 6 days. A top 747-400 chauffeur is > > earning $200k but is also working the real long hauls. > > Yeah, but the AMT who repaired the auto-pilot the leg before after a 12 hour > shift is doing well to gross 55K. > > Am I the only one who smells a rat? > > BV >