Originally Posted by
rdneckpilot
What I dont get is why anyone would need the blanks filled in the first place. How on Gods earth did you ever get near an airplane with the intent of a professional career and not see and hear about all the B.S. in aviation. What I find rather pretentious about Sky's posts is that he just assumes everyone else is as slow as he was figuring out the game.
I started in the 1980's. My generation of pilots did not have access to the information that new pilots do now. The industry was also very different then. It puzzles me as to why someone with all the proper information would intentionally pursue this career unless they have intend to martyr their lives to aviation.
I don't believe that a rational person would blow a fortune on college and flight training expenses unless they held the belief that they were going to be flying for SWA within a few years of graduation. How else can you justify the expense? The only other explanation is that aviation is a hobby job akin to music and art and no one really expects to see their money again.
At least my generation had an excuse.
Skyhigh