Originally Posted by skybolt
I ask skyHigh "why are you still here" because his presence is a puzzle. Why does someone who left the business continue to come back and bash those who remain. It's a free country, he had the freedom to leave, I have the freedom to stay. It seems to me that skyHigh can't stand the fact that he is out but some of us with greater intestinal fortitude than he, managed to remain.
Skybolt
Thanks Bolt !!! I need guys like you to cross swords with.
To answer your question as to why I am here. As with everyone here I love aviation it was my continuing dream for over 20 years of my life. Since 14 I have been passionately pursuing my magnificent obsession by giving my 100% everyday. Love is blind but over a few decades of disappointments and in a desperate attempt to salvage my dying career I began to take the blinders off in order to see what the problem was. The results are what I post here. People need to know the truth about our addiction. Pilots and unions I believe are a part of the problem. I also feel that the job has become all to easy to get into and that it is becoming very easy to do.
In the end aviation failed me. As with beaten wife syndrome a few are able to wake up and get out. It is the choice that I had to make. I don't have to cling to the positive anymore. My perspective is unaltered and I can afford to have a negative view at times.
You guys are all that I have left after nearly 20 years of efforts and sacrifice. I enjoy sharing ideas and ducking your arrows. You are a very worthy foe and I look forward to your posts.
SKyHigh