Originally Posted by
MasterOfPuppets
I get that argument. However, I gotta say being a WB pilot today blows and it will blow for a while. You fly 12+ hours in a tube to get out and go through crazy customs stuff just to get to a hotel you aren’t “supposed” to leave. If you do leave you may end up in jail. God forbid you get assigned a China flight and have to enter the country, you may never leave.
INTL flying used to provide you with local wine, beer and food. A chance to see things you may never otherwise see. A chance to warm up during the winter or cool down during the summer.
im kind of glad I got knocked backed to a NB....I’ll go back to WB when the world is done melting down. If I was 62 and a WB CA I’d be out.....flying is only fun for about 20 minutes of every flight.
I hear ya. But I did a PC with a CA a few years ago on the airbus who was going to age out in less than a year. He was genuinely bummed out because he really loved flying, and he saw his time of being able to do that for a living was likely coming to an end.