Originally Posted by
USMCFLYR
Back in '88 I was going to have lunch with my mother in one of the state capitol buildings - she worked in the state social security office. As I walked into the office I noticed a lot of young guys and gals sitting around the cafeteria tables twiddling pencils with their feet propped up and generally looking very bored. I had just come from the Murrah building and speaking to many of the federal law enforcement agencies that had offices there about future employment and opportunities. I was busy showing my mother a broucher on the DEA when she asked me why I couldn't be satisifed with a "regular" job. I looked outside her office again and asked her who those people were. She said they were mostly accountants who were there to audit the office. I said "because I can't imagine doing that for the rest of my life" to which she just shook her head.
Like many people say - to each his own.
USMCFLYR
There is a price to be paid and benefits gained for every life.
I saw a sea of white shirted zombies who were willing to sell their birthdays to the company for a song. I just cant imagine doing that for the rest of my life.
Wait till it is your turn to sit for hours motionless and with arms folded waiting for the next of thousands of identical ILS approaches. Ex-fighter guys have been known to have a difficult time adjusting to the mundane typing pool that is airline flying.
Skyhigh