Perhaps my favorite thread ever in my reading of APC. To my mind, this thread is what makes APC great. A couple months ago there was a guy that failed some company's ground school. He blamed failed teaching methods, etc...everyone but himself. He was rightfully hammered on by everyone here. The author of this thread came in humility, accepted responsibility, gave circumstances (illness) that never came off as excuses, and asked for help. 10 PAGES of help later, she is still with the airline and working through things. This is why I read this forum a lot, and as crappy as things can sound in the airline biz this is why I am going for a late life career change. You do not find this kind of genuine behaviour in the corporate world - just weasels.

Add up the experience level of all the different responders to this thread - how many hours, types flown, situations faced, etc are represented here and willing to share their knowledge? Pretty cool.