Originally Posted by
Ewfflyer
End the end, Josh has said it best. Marriage is what it is. You legally agreed to support each other, and only a real man wouldn't honor that. It goes both ways, so don't dog these guys for not up and moving. There's 100's of things that might prevent them anyways. Locality, family, stability, just don't like the new area, etc..... This is just with any job, let alone flying.
You can't sit there and tell me "man I can't wait to fly for an airline" then passup the best opportunities to do so. Tell me you want to be a good husband, be there for your wife, or be a good father, but don't tell me you want to one day be a legacy or UPS/FedEX pilot then pass the best opportunities to do so. Here in Del Rio all we get are tons of pilots flying for Martine air and other companies that tell me how they "wanted" to go to the airlines but somehow never made it. Then they try and tell me how what i want to do is damn near impossible. Then I ask them a few questions and find out they passed up opportunities for a significant other. If you want to be a pro then go for it. Don't sit on your can because you'll get passed up by everyone else. I don't have time to sit there and listen to people feed me pipedreams when the most they are willing to do to have a good career and make a good living for their family is what their wife will let them.
Aviation: Don't understand it from the outside, can't explaine it from the inside.