Originally Posted by
HercDriver130
Sky I dont get it... since you have been such a wet blanket on aviation..
Do tell us OH GREAT one who KNOWS ALL.... how would should an airline be run, if not to have its crews on the road flying, staying in hotels, etc. et al. I am curious as to what you thought the life of an airline pilot was going to be? You have extolled on numerous ocasions on how being away from home etc was a drag, and that being home was or is important to you.. GREAT.. I personally think we are all better of we you NOT in any cockpit.
It seems to me you watched one to many movies or read to many books about flying and what you thought it was suppose to be about.
Life is about choices, you obviously made the wrong one when you got into the flying business.
I think one thing we can all agree on is that I hope you are happy doing whatever it is that you are doing. Personally I think you loathe the fact that you are not in aviation and the only way you can live with that decision is to come here and denegrate those who have chosen for whatever reasons to be in the aviation business. As the old saying goes ...."me thinks you doth protest too much".
I am no dummy. I expected to sacrifice. I spent most of two decades putting my life on the line and going without just to be in the seat. I also knew that there would be long days. I was prepared for all the hardships.
The conflict comes when I also expected to be respected by my employers, adequately compensated for my troubles and to gain improved conditions over time instead of watching them worsen.
Airline life is rife with daily risk and is a difficult life and I eventually expected to be well compensated for those efforts. Currently Pilots can expect to earn half of what they made 20 years ago, work more and have to deal with an increasingly restrictive work place. The future is not going to be any better either.
To anyone who cares to look at the facts an aviation career it is not an equitable choice to make anymore and the future will be worse.
I am glad that you obviously are comfortable with it though.
Skyhigh