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Do it for the love of flying, ha ha love that one. Just finished a 4 day and landed a whopping 5 times. Total flight time hand flying about 1 hr, total time logged 27 hrs. Spent 50 hrs in a hotel alone.
Talked to a buddy of mine the other day who I instructed. He now is a Forman on a construction crew and makes more than I do and is home every night. He asked how flying was going; I explained that this is the most
boring job I have ever had. And I have done some really boring ****.
I discourage anyone thinking about flying professionally. Not cause I don’t want them to fulfill there dreams but its just not that much fun these days. Oh and the pay sucks to.
If I were to have posted something like that there would be a dozen anti-postings by now jumping my case about it. What is the deal?
Perhaps you should mention that during the 50 hours in a hotel room you mostly ate Top Ramon that you brought with you since it is too expensive to eat on the road?
You could also bring Woolite to wash your shirt in the sink so you wouldn't have to bring a spare with you. That way you could bring more food.
It is a great way to spend your days on planet earth. Stuck in a "B" grade hotel room eating rot gut microwave food while reading a used USA today watching free HBO and bored to tears. That sums up most of my time as an airline pilot.
Live the dream !!
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