Originally Posted by
Dan64456
Thanks very much for your insight... I appreciate all the info and points you make...
About me and my situation... well I'm 24, and need to try some new things before it gets too late... (Kids, mortgage, old age, etc)
I just can't stomach the idea that all of my future will involve cubicles, staff meetings, and high school like office politics... I've been doin this since age 20, and haven't enjoyed my QOL at all. I actually worked more hours and went to college still and enjoyed my life way more back then.. That's saying alot.
Not to mention I love airliners... They are amazing machines, and people just don't appreciate them nearly enough. I can actually sit at the threshold of the runway and just watch them go over my head all day. Of course I have my PPL as well, so I know I enjoy actually flying already as well... It was by far the most rewarding thing I've ever done in my life. The only think that held me back was the color vision problem I have... But since I am only a borderline case (and passed my first class with no restrictions this time) and researched the hell out of my options, then I think I am good to go...
I wish you the best.
Let me say, however, that if all you have is your private right now and flying is still new to you, there is no way you can fathom the day to day rote grind of airline flying. It has so very little in common with what you are used to. It is like an entirely different animal than general aviation flying.
I wish I could reach into my skull and pull out the bundle of experiences that I have in this industry and share them with you. There is nothing that I or anyone can say that will convince you that it just isn't what it is cracked up to be.
Airliners are pretty cool. But you'll never bank beyond 30 degs again, will never fly any sort of 'maneuver' again, will never really navigate again (hitting DTO some fix doesn't count), etc. Every flight is identical to the last and to the next.
The views are pretty cool. That I must admit.
Check out this post that I wrote a couple weeks ago:
PassionAviator Blog Archive The world by the balls! (long)