Is being a pilot hard on family life?

Many pilots don’t want to live where they are based. This limits their options by having to commute to work. If that’s the case many are away from home 4-5 days a week. That can be hard on their home life.

Can a pilot support a family?

Yes, being a pilot more than often means that you’ll have to spend a night or two…or a couple away from home, but it also means that when you are off you will be there all the time, from waking up in the morning to going to bed at night. …

Who are the married pilots of Delta Airlines?

(CNN) — They’ve flown around the globe and have seen the world side by side from the best seat in the house — the cockpit of a Delta A330. Meet Joe and Margrit Fahan, married and recently retired Delta pilots who chronicle their travels on their popular Instagram account, @flyingfahans.

What’s the life of a pilot’s wife like?

I usually just smile and nod, but I know all they see is that you can fly standby for free. Truth is, just like everyone else’s life, the life of a pilot’s wife really can suck. It used to be that pilots were making bank. Now, long time pilots at major airlines make good money, but pilots just starting out make very little.

How old do pilots have to be to retire?

Commercial airline pilots must retire at age 65, and Fahan was a little over a year away from retirement when Covid-19 hit. Air travel basically ground to a halt, creating a major crisis for the industry. “All the airlines [were] losing an incredible amount of money they had to start scaling back.

Can a pilot’s wife fly standby for free?

When it comes up that I’m married to an airline pilot, I usually get told how lucky I am and how they’d love to be in my shoes. I usually just smile and nod, but I know all they see is that you can fly standby for free. Truth is, just like everyone else’s life, the life of a pilot’s wife really can suck. It used to be that pilots were making bank.

(CNN) — They’ve flown around the globe and have seen the world side by side from the best seat in the house — the cockpit of a Delta A330. Meet Joe and Margrit Fahan, married and recently retired Delta pilots who chronicle their travels on their popular Instagram account, @flyingfahans.

I usually just smile and nod, but I know all they see is that you can fly standby for free. Truth is, just like everyone else’s life, the life of a pilot’s wife really can suck. It used to be that pilots were making bank. Now, long time pilots at major airlines make good money, but pilots just starting out make very little.

Commercial airline pilots must retire at age 65, and Fahan was a little over a year away from retirement when Covid-19 hit. Air travel basically ground to a halt, creating a major crisis for the industry. “All the airlines [were] losing an incredible amount of money they had to start scaling back.

Is it hard to be married to a pilot?

Regular marriage is hard enough—being married to a pilot can become simply ridiculous. How would you fly to Tucson from Dallas? One flight, right? Maybe two? Here’s how we did it last time we needed to make the trip: I am dead serious. It isn’t always this bad, but coming back from Hawaii had us spend the night in the San Francisco airport.