Old 11-08-2008 | 10:15 AM
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shfo
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I just educate people by telling them exactly how it is. I had a deadhead last week to start a two day. Sat next to a middle aged woman who asked me what it's like having a job that you love? I told her my income does not pay for the rent in my shady one bedroom apartment by the airport so I rent it out to 5 other people. I told her I made more during the summer while I was in high school than I did my first 8 months at an airline. I told her the high school drop outs that work where I worked make between 25-50% more than I do. I told her that we only get paid when the door is shut and the parking brake is released. And finally I told her that I would be landing that night at 9:30 pm only to have to be at the airport at 6 am the next morning.
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