Flying for an airline is the BEST job in the world when things go right, but gut wrenching when it does not...

Our crew took a FDX van downtown OMA this morning on a 0530 unsuccessful quest for breakfast. With my superb driving skills (not!) I managed to cut off the ONE other dude on the downtown streets that morning and he was P1SSED! Beeped, glared, yelled, and gestured as I swerved back into my lane. We decided he must be on his way to an office job he hated and was mad at the world. (It wasn't like I was about to hit him...I just slowed him down a tad...) An hour an a half later, we as a crew were doing the CRM thing as we looked at our radar at the storms rolling in and making a go/wait decision. We decided to press, blasted off into the rain, and then vectored 150 degrees away from the storm dodging the worst of the build ups. We broke out on top around 10,000 between some towering cu and got our first good look at the morning sun. I couldnt' resist asking how our irate driver was feeling at that moment--but even though it was waaay early and we were dodging storms we were having fun. It is truely a Gift from God to like your work. I'm a lucky dude...

My advice is follow your heart, but let your head offer you a back up plan. Get some training in a plan B job you enjoy...medical, business, whatever...but don't be afraid to chase your dreams. I'd rather swing and miss than spend the next 20 years driving to an office going "what was I so afraid of....."

My two cents...worth even less than you paid for it....