Personally, with the exception of my present carrier, everone is gone, and I rode 3 into the ground, including a Major. But, with a little luck and a lot of work, my finances are secure, about half way to a good retirement funding with the same girl and completed the education of my kids without the wife working a day. I have enjoyed all of it, got to fly to a lot of interesting places in some great planes with pilots I mainly enjoyed.

Irregardless of profession, there are "Rams" out there and most of them owe their fate to personal decisions, which the movie quite clearly portrays.

SkyHigh, unless you are planted to make controversy, I have to agree with the negative positings regarding "what are you thinking" Move on, your writing appears obsessive and unbalanced-you trapped me this time because I liked the movie, but I will not read anymore of your negative rantings. Not everone makes it in aviation, every checkride isn't successful, sometimes the pain doesn't match the gain and you didn't make the final cut. Sorry, but thats my take.