It is a very long, tedious, and expensive process to get licensed as a commercial pilot to carry passengers. I don't have pay numbers on hand, but it would have

It is a very long, tedious, and expensive process to get licensed as a commercial pilot to carry passengers. I don't have pay numbers on hand, but it would have to be very high to make all that worthwhile. And, when those pilots' employment options are between an airplane with just a few people or a jumbo-jet full of paying customers, it's no wonder these private jet owners are being priced out of the pilot market.