Originally Posted by dojetdriver
I wasn't getting into a contest with you at all, just explaining what this job can be like sometimes. Sorry if it came off like that. Don't be the sensitive type (lol). I've tried to explain this stuff till I'm blue in the face to some of the women I've dated (even the smart ones) and they STILL don't get how in-flexible or abnormal the schedule can be.
As far as how hard we work, that's a bit of a joke. Overall, I actually work that much, on average it's a max of about 23 hours a week, of paid labor that is. By that, I mean not getting paid for showing up an hour prior to flight time (like 5:30am) and not getting paid, waiting outside the airport 45 minutes after we arrived for a van to the hotel where I'm only going to get 6 hours of sleep (maybe) before starting a 12 hour day.
The fact is, it takes 75-80 hours a week away from home to get paid for that 23 hours.
Like I said, not getting into a contest. Just laying out the facts. Facts that alot of people outside this industry can't seem to comprehend. So, for the guy that started this thread, this is the kind of crap you have to look foward to.
When you meet a girl and she asks what you do, just say this: "I work in aluminum tubing, it's kinda boring, what do YOOOUUUU do?"
BTW, how does a workaholic from the bay area find out about an aviation message board?
Hey there Dojetdriver,
I was just messin' with ya....
. Sorry if I sounded too sensitive, didn't mean it to come off that way.
How does a workaholic from the Bay Area find her way to this board? Well, she rips out her knee at the gym and has to have emergency surgery right in the middle of the upcoming busy travel season. She works in the travel industry and is home recovering from surgery, when a possible Delta pilot strike looms ahead. Clients are freaking out, and Miss Workaholic is home with her knee in the air and her laptop, trying to decide whether she should advise clients to change flights. So she googles "Delta airline pilots" or something like that, and somehow discovers this board...
(by the way, she advised clients to stay the course)
Strike is averted, clients simmer down, and Miss Workaholic is still stuck at home with her bum knee, but she hangs around this site anyway, she can't do much of anything else at this point. Maybe she hangs around because she travels a fair amount, understands that life, and honestly admits that with all the time she spends in airports, she checks out the handsome pilots. Men have been checking out the F/A's since flight began, and now that women are traveling a lot more for business, can we not check out the cute pilots?
I know you all work alot and believe me, I am on your side.