Originally Posted by Golden Flyer
"Determination Is Key! Although This Is Repetitive. Remember: You Can DO ANYTHING You Put Your Mind To"
That's a nice little phrase to hang on an office wall next to a diploma from Podunk Community College, and in many cases it's accurate enough. However, in the airlines, due to management factors beyond any pilot's control, all the hard work and perserverance in the world wouldn't decrease those furlough/pay cut/bankruptcy odds in the slightest.