Originally Posted by hoserpilot

You have to remember how old Carl is. Way back in the stone age airline pilots flew mail. They navigated by bonfires and the mark one eyeball. Someone got the bright idea to put some passengers on the mailbags. Young Carl's boss bought a bunch of surplus WWI airplanes to cash in on the demand the self loading freight brought. Self loading freight = people.

At this time young Carl had a bad case of WPS. WPS stands for wooden prop syndrome and is similar to shiny jet syndrome that we have today. Carl sold his little sister to some sweat shop for flight lessons. He was soon hired to fly that cool plane with two wings.

Unfortunately those passengers didn't like to travel year round. Poor Carl's first furlough happened in September of 1937. Right after the summer rush. He was so devastated he almost quit flying. Instead he got a job selling Model A Fords at the local dealer. This boom and bust, fly the summer, furlough through the winter cycle lasted five years. By this time Carl accumulated enough time to move on to the big show.......monoplanes!!!!



While I don't know Carl's real story I do know there are many crummy flying jobs out there where the bottom third are furloughed each fall. I'm sure hard work along with a little luck has gotten him where he is today. Enjoy the 747 and retire when your ready Carl. In the meantime, does anyone have Tanya Hardings number? I'm sure she could use a few bucks wacking our senior pilots ankles. She could help with our career stagnation problem! Hahaha