10 MOST "OVERPAID" JOBS IN THE US.........

I don't have a problem with athletes. We can control what they earn by stop buying/watching the products (Doesn't the NFL set the salary cap by what the revenue of the league is?). CEO salaries is a mixed bag. I don't have a problem with paying a CEO who actually delivers results, but giving sweetheart deals to guys like the former CEO of Home Depot is pretty pathetic. I wouldn't mind it even if shareholders were actually given a say in compensation packages to executives.

 

I could debate you on that assumption but I won't. I made more at BMW than I ever did at Ferrari. When I left after 17 years with BMW I thought the "grass was greener" on the Italian side of the fence. Good grosses on the Ferraris but very limited production on the new cars limited sales and the pre-owned could be shopped for all over the US. Still good competition in that market also.....

 

Has anyone here ever photographed a wedding? I'm not a wedding photographer, however, I have shot a few weddings, but never again. Way too much pressure and having to deal with stressed out brides and mothers. Way underpaid in my opinion.

 

Totally agree. Anyone who thinks an airline pilot is overpaid knows nothing of being a pilot. There really isnt any other job listed that requires a physical in order to perform your job. Fail the physical and your out of work. It takes many many hours of flying to get into instrument training. It takes many many more hours of that to move up to multi engines, turbines, and a commercial license. Many people can spend $100K living like an airport bum before ever getting into a large aircraft and getting paid peanuts as a co-pilot with some metro link flying shuttles. And every year its that physical. Every flight its that accident or problem looming before you that can destroy your career. There is a reason all the left seat captains of a 747 have grey haired temples, it took them that long to get there. And like that DC-10 that went down in Sioux City Iowa, you better hope to hell you have that grey haired guy at the controls when all the automatic stuff you think flies the plane without him stops working. I think anyone trying to learn to fly solely for the income they hope to make, will soon find some other avenue of income unless they really love to fly.

 

I used to do it on the side....it got to the point where I hated it. I really started to hate my clients, the camera, the film, the preparation, the hassles, etc. Its VERY stressful, trying to get shots of this-and-that, people in your way, people not cooperating, having to change film/lenses/cameras since I had a film camera instead of digital (digital would allow you to shoot endlessly, instead of changing film at those awkward moments). The higher the money, the more demanding the client. I used to only charge $900, which included the film, processing, and the album with a single 4x6 of every shot I took. Once the client got that, they scanned/reproduced shots behind my back and I never got any enlargement/reproduction fees (I'm supposed to - photographers are the original copyright holders of ALL images, regardless of who bought the film). My prices were HUGELY competitive with other, more 'professional' photographers, but I was largely self-taught and really had no formal training so that's why I didn't charge the big-bucks. Unless I make the $$$ switch to digital, and relearn EVERYTHING I know about photography, I'm not doing weddings anymore. Few people want film photography - they want a CD full of shots that they can email everywhere and reprint at home. I can see where the school-degreed photographers charge $3,500+ to shoot a wedding - few weddings are held during the winter, its a one-day-a-week job, pro equipment is rather expensive, and quality has its price.

 

Lets say its 10pm, there is a 30mph crosswind blowing and its a heavy downpour. Your sitting on an MD-11 rolling for takeoff. The plane is going trans-Atlantic and is loaded to max gross takeoff weight. After rotating and beginning to retract the landing gear, the right engine ingests a bird and is destroyed. The plane will not fly on one engine.

Now tell me.... How much is that grey haired 20K flight hours experience pilot sitting at the controls who is going to save your ass worth ?

Pilots can earn an entire careers salary in just a few seconds.

My younger brother is a Delta pilot and his pay has been cut 50%. My father is retired Delta and his pension was cut from $7800 a month to $690. Yea... those dang pilots, they sure are overpaid!



Terry

 

Pilots are like anesthesiologists. Hours of boredom topped off with a few seconds of absolute panic. All the years of training,studying and hard work make the pay off when you are the guy in the back or on the table. Want a $20k/yr doc or pilot or a $250K/year MD/pilot taking care of you? If it is my wife or my child on the table or in the Row6, Seat C , $250K is a bargain.

 

Oh, I have a BIG problem with athletes. They are overpaid playing a game. The reason they are overpaid? TV revenue, advertising, sponsors, et al.

Since I don't really care about, and rarely watch sports, why I'm p***ed off about it? Their salaries cause prices to rise for everyone, and not to just sports loving fans. You could try boycotting, but what? Most big companies probably sponsor at least one sport.

It's a good thing I don't drink, the alcohol industry spends megabucks on advertising!

 

Here's two pilots who deserve every cent paid to them:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Transat_Flight_236

 

yep I saw a tv show about this flight. Amazing pilot skills. All those years of preparing for emergencies really paid off and he managed to save every single life on that plane.



Some one also mentioned the Sioux City Incident. If I recall they had one engine fail or explode taking out the hydraulics powering all flight controls (the control yoke did nothing). The only way the pilots could control the plane was to use differential thrust to turn and accelerate or decelerate to gain and lose altitude. Imagine trying to land a huge airliner (DC-10) only using two throttles as controls!


I found the wiki if anybody is interested!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Airlines_Flight_232

 

It's a one shot event in which the photog earns their keep with respect to what they've learned and the timeless images they can produce. Pressure is an understatement! Ever watched an episode of Bridezilla? They will be at least 40% of your customers.

 

$210,000,000 Exit Package

 

It's a game/entertainment to us. It's a short career to them (and it's not something anybody can do). Just don't buy tickets or any of the related products.

Your not going to like this article then.
http://www.coshoctontribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070328/SPORTS/703280338/1006

 

How does a 17 year old get involved in this?

 

11: CBS Marketwatch journalists.

All those positions are paid according to what they or their unions can negotiate.


The only ones that are sucking off society are the poorly performing Fund managers and CEO's. These guys are often very hard to get rid of and in many cases ruin the lives of thousands of people while pocketing millions.

The ever growing nepotism at the top of the financial sector has had a stifling effect on many industries in the US. It's just to easy to skim 3 percent off the top of EVERYTHING every year.

 

Scott - you're right on target. But same fee as MD's.... not sure. Life is the ultimate commodity. Dang, the 'tude' is free. Guess it’s the best we've got.

;(

Jon

 

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I love your sig!!!

 

I have a sig?

 

Exactly. And has been mentioned already, one wrong tick of your heart, one depressive episode, even if it's for good reason...and your career can be over in a nano-second. The FAA knows that ANY physical problem with a pilot that contributes to a crash, and the public will be storming the embassy!!!

Personally...I think we're underpaid! (hehe)

I'd like to see just how fast that author could scribble that profession of off his list with him sitting in the back of one that's in trouble.

 

As a pilot with a major airline, it doesn't piss me off. What the analogy does do though is confuse me...it confuses me as to how anyone could compare the pressure of the responsiblities of these jobs as being the same.

As to the question..."Is one life less valuable than hundreds?" I'll give you the benefit of the doubt on that one and just assume you mean that as a philosophical question. You cant be serious. OF COURSE we place more value on HUNDREDS of lives, as compared to one! That's just cold, harsh reality my friend. Would Iraq even be a in the news at all if only one American soldier had been killed so far?

And don't think pilot's don't appreciate the work that support crews do either! Don't think we don't think about the fact that our job could become UNFUN real fast if the mechanic screws up. But, you can't get away from the fact that if he did screw up, it's the pilot's job to deal with it without loss of life. It's not the other way around. I'm sure you must know this.

 

Anyone that thinks that pilots have it easy, go spend 200hours+ flying a junky old 172 with a hood on in hot bumpy Texas weather to get an IFR ticket... and this is just the very beginning. Pilots deserve a lot more then the 7 figure idiots with MBAs who drove the airline into bankruptcy with poor business plans. Thank God the pilots are better pilots than the CEOs areat business. Can we base salaries on job performance?

 

The general community can be very naive to the dedication and hard work it takes to be a pilot. It is understandable though. Not everybody has 40,000 dollars to spend on flight training and thats not including getting a degree which has become a necessity to land a good job. Talk to any pilot and they will tell say 'you've got to love flying' or 'if you're in it for the money you're not gonna last'.

After all, how many people do you know who goes into real estate because they love to sell houses?

dcate, just curious what airline do you fly for? and what type equipment?


drjohngober I know what it is like flying under the hood in turbulence! Im working on my instrument now.

 

Geez, want's to be a billionaire AND narcissistic.......

An outer wall will feature a limestone sculpture - a bas-relief of LeBron's head, wearing his trademark headband.

One heck of a house, he must have a huge posse. I do like the neighbors attitude, don't hurt yourself on my property, I'm allergic to egg products!!!

 

I was interested in special effects from a very young age. By the time I was 16 I had taught myself to a professional level through trial and error.

My work was better than most of the people twice my age so it wasnt very difficult to get jobs.. sometimes I lied about my age if I thought it was going to be a deal breaker to them.

If you are asking for yourself.. its fairly easy. You apprentice for free at a special effects company. Youo will know within a few months if you 'have it' or not. There are schools out there but the industry professionals consider them a joke.

 

Perhaps our friend would think differently when, at 35,000ft. he was on board when the hydraulics to the horizontal stabilizer gave out. If hydraulics give out in a taxi, you pull over to the curb. In a jet aircraft, you change your underwear- after that "taxi driver" gets you down safely, eh! Been there, done that, still here. Keep 'em flying, sir! And, thanks.