I find it hard to understand people who want to become pilots but don’t want to move or be gone for more than a day or two. There were guys in my UPT class who were astounded to be going to an overseas assignment or have to deploy. It’s aviation!

You can only learn the skills and let the future work itself out. I’ve lived in three corners of the country, done more two-week plus trips than I can remember. I thought I made it when hired at “legacy” Eastern Airlines. Didn’t last but 5 years. I knew guys hired at UAL and DL in the late nineties who thought “what could go wrong” and spent years on furlough.

Embrace the industry, but be ready to roll with some big punches. Learn the tricks later when you have seniority to make them work, if you get there. An airplane can be a magic carpet or a prison that moves.

GF