Originally Posted by
USMCFLYR
I was just watching this lecture to a group of future leaders at the USAFA.
http://www.airlinepilotforums.com/mi...gen-welsh.html
I really like what he starts to say at 11+50.
When discussing the what the future holds for the graduates he says:
"You have absolutely no idea what is going to happen..."
He then goes on to say:
"Some of you have these goals and dreams that you have had your whole life and you'll achieve them. Others have goals and dreams you've had your whole life and you're not even going to come close..."
But he never says to not try.
As the once famous Marine Recruiting poster stated: No one promised you a rose garden!
(Anyone remember that poster? Classic!)
There are those.....and there are others.
You decide which one you want to be and press forward.
USMCFLYR
I want to have a better life, more income, more control. I want to live where and how I desire. I want to be the one who decides when I go to bed and to get up when I feel rested.
I especially know that I do not want to be a tool for a corporation ever again. I want the corporation to be a tool for me. Airline pilots have lost any power or professional value they ever had to the industry.
They are a profit source for management. Squeezed dry of pensions, wages and benefits whenever the company needs to show a margin. Not for me.
Skyhigh