Originally Posted by
Rascal
Seriously, is flying that much fun after you have been doing it for a while? I mean driving a car for the first month was fun but then it got boring. How much is it to sit in a aluminum can for hours at end while staring at an empty sky? Spare me the typical speech "sunrise from a cockpit is better than sitting in front of a cubicle" I'd rather sleep through the sunset and get up at reasonable hour to go my cubicle and be home 8 hours later with my wife. Is flying with some stranger sitting right next to you that much more satisfying than spending time at home with a family? Oh, and may I mention that at the end of that exciting 4 day you come home to unpaid bills and realization that your neighbor working construction makes more than you do? Is flying really that much fun?
I'm only speaking for myself here - but I am bored to tears of flying. I did data entry for a year in college, so I know what it's like to be bored. And yes - I am that bored on just about every flight I do. Damn bored! It's one of the reasons I want out. I feel myself growing older each flight. Oh well, at least I can read the paper, and that'll pass a few minutes. /yawn
Yet I fly with guys who seem enthralled with it. I was once, too. But the guys I'm flying with have been flying as long as I or longer. Different strokes for different folks and all that.