Originally Posted by
DrunkIrishman
While I agree with you on the importance of being humble, I disagree that most of them would be right beside us. Please don't belittle our profession by pretending those of us got where we are today without dedication and hard work. Having money was a small piece of the pie.
Nothing you said negates anything I said up there. Many of those "toilet cleaners", given the opportunity, would make it through a civilian flight training program with just as much "dedication and hard work" and you and I. Unless you were military (I was not), having money was a gigantic piece of the pie. The largest piece of the pie. It may not be what the pilot ego wants to hear, but it's the truth.