Originally Posted by
TonyC
Still didn't answer the question -- I have a suspicion why.
Do you believe, Tony, that you put in enough years and hard work that you should have been a 777 captain before you quit?
I've got no problem with a guy that decides to change careers, and admire your work to get where you are. What I don't understand is this attitude that you exude that it was unfair that you couldn't have been a 777 captain for all you put into the profession.
YOU said that your hard work didn't get you to 777 captain. YOU brought it up. Now, I'm asking you, did you really
expect to be a 777 captain for the effort you made?
(Ski Patrol, Sorry, I was shooting for medium spaces, not huge ones. It's just a little magic trick.
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I have said that I hoped everyone makes it to 777 capt, and that my hard work didn't get me there. My hard work didn't get me to mainline, might have been a better choice of words. I personally know quite a few people who got to a mainline carrier with CONSIDERABLY less quals that I have. One was a college friend who got on with American with "0" turbine p.i.c., -and who's dad was a line Capt there.
I am curious, however, as to why you and others here are so threatened by my message, and my offer of help and qadvice to those who are thinking about going in a different direction with their lives.
I do think that success in the airline arena is largely based upon luck and timing, on relations, and chance meetings, and that to me IS unfair. My new occupation, on the other hand, rewarded my hard work. For my family and me, that was the best course of action.