No doubt. There were some who published really good replies. Whether I agreed with them or not was never the point. They seemed to come from real world experience and that's what made them good in my eyes.

However, it did not take very long for the majority of those same exact individuals to turn tails, run knives in my back and then proclaim they had somehow found the real Jesus in my previous posts that they (apparently) misread the first time. Others claimed that they subsequently discovered the real Jesus in my previous posts that they had not encountered before. Really?

I could enable more of that kind of nonsequitur reply just by posting the truth that anyone in my position would post - asking reasonable questions. But, I won't waste my time. Maybe the concept was a bit too much for them to grasp. After all, some say they thought I was trying to get with an Airline. Huh? I never said that. Some say they thought I was trying to land a Corporate job. Huh? I never said that. It proves they responded to something without even knowing what they were responding too.

I ran a Google search. Google came back with a website calling itself "Airline Pilot Forums." I think to myself, great. This has to be a site where I can get good advice and opinions from experienced pilots who themselves must fly jets. I register, carefully craft my OP and start asking sensible questions. Now, where are we. Hate. Jealousy. Envy. Spite. That's where we are, if the real truth be told and absolutely none of it came from me.

I came, I saw and I asked the kinds of questions and made the kinds of inquiries that anyone in my position would be and should be putting forth to qualified individuals who allegedly have the skill, knowledge and expertise to offer well reasoned reply (if they so desired). Instead, they wanted to turn the matter into a personal vendetta of some kind, for whatever reason they found fit. Roger That. I got it. Just more fuel.

Thank you for the well wishes. I will move on to the next phase and continue the journey forward. I realize that I have a lot of work ahead of me and very significant responsibility to take ownership of, if I truly want to turn this dream into daily reality for the next 20-25 years.

Cheers.