Originally Posted by
de727ups
"The average airline pilot is too beaten and depressed to venture into anything aviation on their days off."
Unsubstantiated gross generalization I don't believe to be true based on my experience.
"It pains me that I have lost my faith in the future of our profession"
Not your profession anymore. You left the fight but still want us to value your opinion as though you were still in it.
"I personally never wanted to be a tool of management."
I believe all airline pilots fit that catagory. If you can't deal with that aspect of the job, then you best not be in the biz.
I am sure that the pilots as UPS, FedEx and SWA are very happy. The rest of the industry is taking it in the shorts. From your perspective I can understand why you would think that aviation is a loving and giving mistress. The rest of us are not so lucky.
We agree that I do not like being a tool.
Let it be known to all who venture into aviation that your life will become a play thing of management. I choose to have a life of my own creation, that make me unfit to be an airline pilot I guess. I would say that it means that I have self respect and strive for a better life. Others need to judge for themselves.
Lastly I am still a fully licenced and qualified aviator. I didn't quit but was laid off and have not been able to find a suitable situation to re-enter the industry. More than half of those who use this forum are either wannabes or in some other branch of aviation and are not current airline pilots either. I have just as much right to be here as anyone else and am among the majority who post here.
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