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Aug 10, 2012, 2:44 pm

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aroundtheworld76

Join Date: Jan 2008

Location: Neither here nor there

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The median salary for an A&P mechanic working on jets in the US is $76,372. You are highly unlikely to make that as a pilot until you've been flying at least 10-15 years.

The extra dough would let you do plenty of flying for fun.

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