Originally Posted by
Beech1900bush
[SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]I have read all 8 pages of this post so far. Still wouldn’t change my choices. I still need to read the article in Flying, and I will. Skyhigh you remind me of my roommates parents back in college. . .or my parents for that matter. They really didn’t see a future in aviation and when I would call my parents from college they would always ask, “are you sure you know what you’re doing”. My roommate received similar phone calls.
I tell ya what. I heard so much negativity from family about becoming an airline pilot when I was growing up, it truly made me sick. People love to be negative. The only person that NEVER, I mean NEVER said ANYTHING negative was my mom. I love her so much! She's worked so hard her whole life. She used to take me to the laundromat with her on days off school where she worked and say "become something. Don't work hard like me". Well, mom.....THANKS!!!! Thanks to her, I don't come home with a burned hand from the big pants iron. Thanks to her, I have great health insurance. Thanks to her, instead of working like a dog 40 hours a week, I fly around and get paid. I am so grateful to her for believing in me and not spewing negativity like people like to do. If I listened to all the naysayers, I'd be working God knows where M-F 9-5 probably making 40K and where would all the naysayers be? Paying my bills for me? Probably not! You only have one life to live....you might as well live it doing something you love. Life's to short to do something you hate 40 hours a week. Having a back up is always a bonus though.
SkyHigh, I respect your opinion, but you remind me off all the negative people from my childhood. Educating people on here is one thing, but it's the way you go about it that is a huge turnoff.