Originally Posted by
N6724G
I dont believe I said any of that.
I am not crying over anything. I have very thick skin. Its just that if I am seeking advice about a career, I need serious answers and not BS answers.
OK, if you don't believe you said or implied that, I'll show you some of your own words:
How does one become a Chief Pilot at an airline? ... I have never been one to sit and stay at one level. If I do become an airline pilot I dont jst want to fly for 20 to 30 years.
So you don't want to just stay at one level? You want to be at a higher level than an airline pilot? You don't want to JUST fly? What's unsuccessful or wrong with JUST having hundreds of lives in your hands every day at work? Is that something that an unsuccessful person does? Is that not worth the attention of your worthy and important brain?
Ok,I dont want personal opinions of what you may think of Chief Pilots. I am loking for serious information. I am 30 something years old. I could care less if its popular or not. I have a family to take care of and I am the kind of person that wants to be successful
You don't care whether being a CP is popular or not, being CP means you're more successful than a line pilot. Oh, and the statement "I am the kind of person that wants to be successful" implies that being CP would mean success, while actually becoming an airline pilot (something that you haven't even begun progressing towards) would not.
When confronted on why you think that being a CP is the only form of success:
The same reason I equate being a Colonel with being successful. My goals are just that. Mine.
A very adult answer if I ever saw one. Me! Mine! No touch! Perhaps if you explained your reasoning a little more, you could get some constructive advice?
Everyone has their own definition of success. For some people success is being a 20 year Captain working 12 days a month. ... 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.
Do I really need to keep doing this to make you understand?
I'll give you one more, and then one to leave for you to think about.
You should live to support your family. When you get over 30 years old, you will realize that
So I guess I'm not able to support my family, nor are the other mere line pilots out there.
You should not live to please others and make them like you.
I hate to say it, but honestly, you're the one who sounds like you're trying to please others. You honestly have no idea what it takes to be an airline pilot OR a Chief Pilot, and yet you want to be one? Sounds like ego to me. To hell with what it takes or if i enjoy it, I'll be a Chief Pilot one day, that's the only way I'll feel successful, you'll see!
Yours,
A lowly unsuccessful line pilot who actually manages to scrape together enough money to support his family.
P.S.: You don't care what others think about you, yet you want to win what essentially is a position reserved for friends? Oh, and you still don't get that people don't take you seriously when you type like a four year old, well, I hate to say it, but if we aren't worth the three seconds it takes to run a spell check, why should we should we show you any respect?