Originally Posted by
Trip7
Stating anonymous internet advice is worthless, is a pretty silly statement. The OP can use the experiences and perspectives of others to apply to his own personal situation/preferences, which can help him form his own decision. I've used this forum and others countless time to help form decisions through out my career, particularly the decision to skip Widebody FO and go for Capt.
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To be precise, I said “pretty worthless,” with the modifier about people who don’t know any of the poster’s situational details. You’ll note I still offered some thoughts to try to be helpful. The question was originally posed without much perspective, so as Rumsfeld might have said, there are a lot of known unknowns, very few known knowns and an unknown number of unknown unknowns :-)
We are all more likely to get actionable information if we provide a little extra detail WRT our own situation so advice can be tailored to it. My advice to a single 20-something sharing an apartment 30 minutes from LAX is likely to be different than that to a commuting mother of 6 who can’t sleep on an airplane.