[pabianice]

Most new first officers have 350 hours total flying time, are under 23, and are still living in their mothers’ basements. You get what you pay for. Trust me.

[Joe Boucher]

pabianice,
You may appreciate this story.
My C.F.I. was from western Mass.
He would race other friends to the Cape during summers to pick up the cuties.
He got his Instrument so he could beat his buddies to the beach cause of constant fog, thus allowing him to find the cutiest girls before others arrived. Fog would sometime not lift til after noon.
He has been an airline pilot now for about 15 year.

[jaydubya2]

Yes, Unfortunatley the souls onboard Flight 3407 found that out.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124212789938210353.html

I guess it's not as glamorous as it once was...