Originally Posted by
SkyHigh
Shackone,
I get your point about having a positive attitude however at some point it becomes self defeating and destructive.
Never happen, GI!
Badmouth a positive attitude all you want. You are the poster child for its opposite.
Originally Posted by
SkyHigh
If someone isn't here to express the down side of aviation or anything else for that matter then nothing will change. All progress in human history was made by a dissatisfied person.
BS!! Leave the heavy thinking to David Carradine...he's more entertaining!
Originally Posted by
SkyHigh
I am here saying that the dream that the flight schools are selling isn't true.
That I might agree with. This promotional hype that 'anyone can be a pilot' is just that...promotional hype.
Originally Posted by
SkyHigh
You are comfortable with being a door mat I however am not and I am sure that many others here feel the same.
Me? How am I a door mat?
Originally Posted by
SkyHigh
You equate a required positive attitude and my position is that your brand of Mary Poppins "all is well" position is a lot of what has driven the industry into the ground as far as compensation and QOL goes.
There are a few reasons why this may be the case, but a positive attitude is not one of them.
Originally Posted by
SkyHigh
PS either you are "still in the game" because you are broke or too much of a aviation geek to have a life outside of the flight deck. Most guys your age are happy to hang it up and play golf with their grand kids.
I'm definitely not broke...6 figures+ last year, more this year. Half a mil in the bank that I don't touch. But I am an aviation geek...guilty as charged.
The little lady wanted to retire to a condo in C-Springs...I just couldn't...and can't...see it. No grand kids yet but I have no doubt my son is working on it. Maybe when that happens, I'll consider it.
I start a new class on the 4th, and I'm looking forward to it. Two young guys, excited about flying the 170, and I get to beat them about the head and shoulders for two weeks...plus an oral and the type rating. I love it! They'll be my guys. Why would I give that up?
Originally Posted by
SkyHigh
It seems to me that most of your anger towards me is that I am committing blasphemy to the religion of aviation. In the end it is just a job and it needs to be worth the efforts.
True enough. The problem is, and has been, the paucity of your own efforts. You rolled the dice and shot craps...and now you want to muddy the water for those that are just coming to this profession. They don't need a cheerleader...but at the same time, they don't need a harbinger of doom...and that's all you have contributed to this discussion.
Originally Posted by
SkyHigh
You are the one who needs to "let go".
No way...I'm having too much fun.