How's everybody make a living

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I’ve never been one to put my faith in government leaders and don’t expect a candidate from either party to fix this mess of a state overnight, but God help us if another D gets into office. With this states long and illustrious history of voting in the worst possible people i’m fully expecting a Kotek win…
This is as close a race as we could hope for, Im really expecting it to finally go our way.
 
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Supervisor at a specialty metals plant. Work 4 on 4 off so lots of time to spend with my family. Hate the job but love the opportunities and life it affords me!
 

OXN939

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Words of advice to anyone who may have seen what airline pilots are getting paid right now... being a CFI sucks
 
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Mechanical Engineer in Salem Oregon. For some damn reason engineering and manufacturing jobs are much less common in Salem than Portland / Eugene but those cities are less than desirable politically.
 

OXN939

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Elaborate please

You make nothing, spend your professional life in rental aircraft that are generally in deplorable condition, and have to constantly stay on the lookout for ways your students will try to kill you. That is the lifestyle you get for your ~90K investment.

It's fun and rewarding teaching people to fly for sure. Truly, interacting with students is great and it's awesome to see them achieve their goals. But man, the return on investment is... small.
 
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So flight instructors make way less than pilots I am assuming. Seems like flight instructors would or should be older pilots, looking to wind down.
 
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Self employed contractor in Boulder, CO. I work from October through August with a few weeks off here and there in the late fall and winter to grocery shop with the boom stick. Taking those wealthy liberal's money and using it to buy guns and hunting stuff makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside.
 
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