Well, I'm glad I asked my question and got the answers, to be honest. Not the answers I wanted to hear, but answers.

You see, it was up until a year ago that I had my pipe dream about being an "airline pilot." I'll share with you guys...

When I was 11 (two years after I started taking flying lessons), me and my mom went on a trip to Hawaii from LAX. Well, I got to go in cockpit of the ATA 757. Being a young kid who loved flying, it was heaven.

I was asking the Captain and FO things such"so when do you put you're landing gearup?" I even remember the FO telling me what the SID chart on the yoke meant..and me not really caring and just looking at the pretty flight display. Anyways, I then went on to tell my mom how I wanted to fly for an airline.

Are you guys ready for this? Here we go: "Yeah, I think once I get my pilots license I'll start out small and go for Southwest. After I fly for Southwest for a few years I'm gonna go for United or American Airlines and when they ask me what plane I want I'll take the 747. When I'm an airline pilot you can take as many free vacations as you want."

Ahh man, how about that? Getting a "pilots license," starting out for Southwest, and then going for a bigger airline and choosing your favorite airliner. And then once you choose your favorite airplane you can give your old mother an unlimited amount of vacations. Wouldn't that be something?

Although, my dream wasn't always THAT ridiculous. After a while I just thought you head for an airline, stay with them, and build your way up while making a good salary...