PILOT

A history of psychedelic drug use

History doesn't matter as long as you can pass a drug test, haven't been 5150'd or been arrested. Even the arrest part is kinda debatable, violations don't matter, if you can prove you went on the straight and narrow after you're pretty much good.

Airlines are hurting so bad for pilots I know a few guys who had 2 DUI's and still got hired on at the regional level.

are you telling me zoomers aren't participating in societal dues?

...What?

so zoomers (17-25 year olds) arent getting useful knowledge from vocational schools therefore lack of experienced and or trained individuals for particular skilled labour? ie said above is also part of participation of society in a grander sense. Society needs pilots, and is in crippingly debt of it.

Not quite. There were a few programs at the high school level even by me that offered flight training. Also the main reason airlines are hurting is because of a new regulation put in place (generally) requiring 1500 hours of flight to obtain an ATP license. Until this point airlines at the regional level had super low pay and piss poor quality of life standards. Once people were hitting 1500 hours they were saying "why the fuck would I take a pay cut to work for a regional?" and stuck with their other flying gigs.

There's also mass retirements going on in conjunction with this because years ago the airlines had raised mandatory retirement up to 65 years old which staved off the retirements fora few years.

At the current rate the top 4-5 major airlines could literally hire every single regional pilot in the pipeline and still would be struggling to fill seats for the next 5-8 years.

Is it worth becoming one? What are the reasons to become one and what speaks against this job?

How frequently do people with special issuance medicals get FUCKED? Any idea?

Only get into flying if you know it's what you want to do. Otherwise this industry will kill you.

Pros:
It's the best view in the world.
Not a typical 9-5
Pay is great at the upper levels
Good bene's
Free travel eventually
Awesome people (most of em)
Great experience (traveling the country)

The pros mainly boil down to life style. If you know you want to fly for a living and are relatively unattached it's perfect. I know guys who when they have 3-4 days off between trips just travel around the country. Like taking a 3 day trip to LA between trips.

Cons:
Lifestyle is rough if it's not what you want.
It's expensive to get into
It takes years to get where you want to be (unless you fast track it and build time quickly)
pay isn't great at the bottom\
Away from home
Can lose your medical and your job for potentially small stuff.


I can't give the best advice/ foresight since I'm pretty easy going and the life style suites me.

Really depends on what the issue was to begin with. Don't lie, omit. Then don't get caught. Be really careful about going to the doctor. If you have a specific thing you want to ask about feel free and I'll answer to the best of my knowledge.