Originally Posted by
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This guy is unbelievable...he hates the profession, but hangs out here ( for years) and gripes about it. Pick any topic...any...and he`ll try and turn it into a rant about a crappy aviation career.....I had a great career...enjoyed every minute of it (check rides and ground school excluded)...my son followed me into aviation..is a captain at a major and loves his job also. The only people that I know are airline pilots, both active and retired...they all love their jobs...must be sad to be this guy...his only happiness is trying to rain on everyone`s parade.
As a retired pilot I am sure that you have a good perspective as to how things were 20 years ago. I bet that you had a great career. In addition if your son is a captain at a major then my guess is that he is older then forty. He too probably got in just before things began to get really bad. It probably didn't hurt that his dad was an airline pilot either.
My point is that prospects for the future of our profession are not all that great. You and your son did well but how does that relate to pilots who are starting out today?
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