Originally Posted by
Trip7
If you don't like the job that much by all means, check out early and follow your passions. YMMV, but for me being super senior and flying a partial schedule is not "work til you die". Gotta have something to wake up for. IMO flyfishing and hitting the golf course everyday ain't it. Famed Value Investor Charlie Munger was reading and working on investments up to the day he died just shy of 100. To your point, he also heavily emphasized spending time with friends and family. Perfectly balanced, as all things should be.
So where did I say I didn't enjoy my job? I merely have said that it does not define who I am. It's a means to an end and nothing more. Sorry Trip, been at this game far longer than you. I don't bleed delta blue anymore. That ended quite some time ago after about the 4th time the rug was pulled out from under us. Not here to besmerch your fervency for this airline, that's you. Not me.
At the end, Munger was not actively involved day to day. He sat well aside from the business end of it. Hopefully you still have a choice when you get as old as me, and Charlie