# This will make you regret never becoming a pilot.

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**Category:** Shift518 Automotive\
**Created:** [June 11, 2011, 2:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/this-will-make-you-regret-never-becoming-a-pilot/258883 "2011-06-11T14:28:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![TurboTravis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbotravis/32/6406_2.png) [@TurboTravis](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TurboTravis)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 8:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/this-will-make-you-regret-never-becoming-a-pilot/258883/13 "2011-06-11T20:04:30Z")

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> [@Are you looking for a Corporate Job?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-you-looking-for-a-corporate-job/42697/40):
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> Play trial and error with planes right? :tongue
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> I understand that you have a bit more hands on experience with the pilots but the long term career track didn’t look half bad upon research, which is what I was going by.
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> Serious question.
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> How often do you get to fly?

Varies with the job. With Colgan, I could fly anywhere in the world for next to nothing. Other jobs, I had the option to go on maintenance test flights (no thanks). Starting pilots make about 18K a year…yeah, really!

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