[QUOTE=SkyHigh;640208]I would like to add that I think it is important that people who are considering this profession be provided with a full and honest accounting of what a life in aviation entails. It is natural for those in aviation to project an optimum bias.

Having guy like me around to flesh out the negatives I believe is a good thing. If someone can endure the full brunt of my presentation of the downside and still is game to press on then perhaps they belong.

I for one would have run had I known all that I was up against. My intent with this career was to make a good living and to build a good life. I made a huge investment in education training and almost two decades of my life only to learn that it was not going come even close to meeting my expectations.

I did not have APC when I started.

An aviation career is about the airplane and nothing else. You can't count on wages, lifestyle or even being able to stay in your own country.

Skyhigh[/QUOTE

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