Originally Posted by
USMCFLYR
But confirm for me that you haven't even started flying yet right?
After I got sick on my second training flight, I almost gave it up myself. I feel the same way you do - and I still feel the same way you do. On the other hand, I've seen students give up an F/A-18 cockpit too because they found out that it was too much work
or they just didn't like flying. Amazing in my mind but it happens.
If you have read enough of the posts on this forum too you'll find that even MOST on here still LOVE FLYING. It is the profession that they have come to dislike. This was some time ago but I was sitting duty with another pilot who was in the reserves and flew for FedEx in the *real* world. I asked him what he liked about flying outside of the military. He said "nothing, [He] hated the flying." But the money was good and the time off was good and he spent the rest of the duty time telling me how he tried to manipulate the scheduling system to get as much pay as possible with doing the least amount of flying possible.
As many others would caution on here, be careful what you wish for and keep your eyes open to other possibilities
USMCFLYR
Haven't started training yet. In fact, in a few weeks I'm doing one of those "introductory flights" at my local flight school, so that will be very exciting!
(forgive me for sounding like one of those "SJS" people)
I have, on the other hand, flown in a computer flight simulator. Obviously not the same, but it's nice to at least become a little familiar with a cockpit. I remember my first time in an actual cockpit was on a KLM 747 when I was something like 6 years old.
I think the fact that despite union troubles, pay complaints, contract negotiations, etc. etc., something really neat about this industry in particular is that (almost) everybody truly loves what they do. That's something that is VERY rare to find in careers today.