Originally Posted by
FlynDive
To "most pilots"...?!?!? I completely disagree (IMHO).... I would argue "most" pilots "dream" of making a good & honorable living for themselves & their family by working in their chosen profession... as a professional pilot! Not saying the 74 isn't a great airplane, but it's the professional human, not the vehicle that matters most. Again... my opinion only. On THIS thread, maybe many that disagree... maybe not. 🤔😏
Take your typical 10,000+ hr. RJ captain. You can't tell me with a straight face that when they taxi around the airport and they see a 747 that they don't instantly start to sprout wood and imagine themselves at the controls of the Queen of the skies. So much so that they start to use excessive judgmental oversteer while taxiing, fantasizing they are behind the tiller of the whale.
You should be an aviator, not just a pilot. You should eat, breathe, live and sleep aviation.... 24/7/365. Every waking moment should be focused on advancing your career and that culminates with flying the whale.