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Google “divorce” and 94,000,000 sites are listed.
How could any one possibly need that much advice?
Divorce is very big business: it is a $28 billion-a year industry1. The average divorce costs $25,0002.
Pilots are a unique group with respect to divorce. Laws are written for people who work a standard 40-hour week and are home every night. The fact that you as a pilot don’t, will be used against you in court. Average will not apply to you.
As you have arrived at this web site, probably you find yourself in one of several categories:
• You’re not entirely happy in your marriage and are contemplating leaving and
want to know what you may be in for
• You’re at the beginning of a divorce and are hoping to avoid the typical pilot
divorce horror stories
• You’re in the middle of a divorce which is turning nasty
• You are contemplating marriage and are trying to educated yourself
• You are the spouse of an airline pilot and are in one of the above categories -
don’t run away, there is something for you too
You’re in the right place.
PilotDivorce.com is an online manual. Every aircraft has a flight manual. Your divorce should have one as well.
PilotDivorce.com will help you:
• Understand the peculiarities of divorce with respect to pilots’ pay structure
and schedule
• Outline the issues surrounding divorce – maybe you can salvage your marriage
• Interview lawyers- what you need to know before you pay the retainer
• Direct your own divorce- the lawyer is there to help you and provide technical
support- but you should be running the show
• Keep more money and pay lawyers less money
• Have an amicable divorce: lawyers make their money off acrimonious divorces
that drag on- think billable hours. It is in your attorney’s financial interest for
your divorce to be lengthy and nasty
• Thinking about divorce? Thinking about marriage? Here is what you need
to know
What if you and your spouse could sit down with a list, or e-mail the list back and forth and decide for yourselves what is best? PilotDivorce.com will guide you.
Pilotdivorce.com provides checklists to help you emerge from your divorce as whole as possible
Remember most FAR’s have been implemented in response to incidents or accidents. The NTSB aviation accident database has been created to document investigations and offer safety recommendations to avoid or reduce future disasters. Pilotdivorce.com goes beyond the flight deck horror stories of divorces and recommends actions you can take to protect yourself, your ex and your children by educating yourself and your lawyer, should you choose to use one.
Finally, keep in mind that if you have an amicable divorce, one that leaves you and your ex with self-respect intact and your children in a position where they understand that both parents still love them, you’ve saved money and you will recover more quickly.
Who am I? What is my angle?
I’m the pilot’s second wife. 1www.bizrate.com
2http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com
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