Originally Posted by seaav8tor

Do not take this the wrong way. It's intended as encouragement not a slam.

You are exactly what the industry is interested in as far as future airline pilots are concerned. Many nay sayers took a much longer route to the job. They think since they did it, you should have to do it. I fly with guys with very diverse backgrounds. A former car painter would think the job is heaven where a MIT grad who turned down an opportunity to get in on the ground floor of Google (after consulting with his peers who went to Google) is so upset about the pay decline I would not leave the flight deck to use the lav. (I'm not kidding). He will never be happy with the job. It's all about expectations.

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Good luck!