Old 12-05-2018, 12:07 PM
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pilotyip
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Originally Posted by GoldenGooseGuy View Post
Being an entrepreneur can be subject to its own brand of burnout, did you feel like running the business was too much? Or was the pilot lifestyle a stronger draw than any other factor?
You could never get away from your business, it was with you 24 hours a day seven days a week. I had build it up to $3.5M in sales and had 230 employees, but the constant issues of employees, accounts receivable, quality issues and dealing with unhappy customers, just started to get old and take all the fun out of being your own boss. The little time I could escape was spend in the Navy Reserves, building up retirement points and supplementing my income from my company. So when hiring started picking up again, it was back to the cockpit, I was too old for the major's but it was great to get back into the cockpit
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