Originally Posted by
ChinsFive
Being a Cheif Pilot does not equal being successful... I just don't know how you can come on here and ask how to be someone who makes most of our lives/jobs worse and then get angry when you get the backlash.
This is like knocking on the door of someone who just got screwed by the IRS and asking if him to tell you how to become an auditor.
If you want advice without emotion let me say this: Get hired, go to work in the training center or some other part of the management building and then upgrade. Become personal friends with the important people (Director of Flight Ops, Cheif Pilots, ect.) and then look to make a bubba deal.
Everyone has their own definition of success. For some people success is being a 20 year Captain working 12 days a month. For others, success is being the top of our department. For others, success is being happy no matter what you are doing. My father spent 26 years enlisted in the Air Force. To him that was success. Me, I was enliste in the military, now I am an officer. That is success to me. And my next challeneg I want to be aviation and if I go into I want to go as far as I can. i would do that for any career. I used to be a cop. If I were still doing that, I'd want to be the Chief. If I were in education, I'd wantto be a Principle. Success is what the individual defines it as. Not others defining it for him. If you live to make others happy and to impress others, you will never be happy yourself.
And as far as asking people who get crapped on by Management. This is NOT exclusive to Airline pilots. I visit a Law Enforcement message board called leoaffirs.com. Its the same kind of thing. Cops bashing the department heads and the system. SO what I have learned is Not many people are happy with where they are inlife and people just like to complain.
But thank you very much for your advice. I really do appreciate it