Originally Posted by
Thedude
I too have bee laid off more times than I can count. You quit after a rough patch. I got news for ya, aviation is full of rough patches.
Sometimes you have to take a step backwards to able to take 2 steps forward. Its true not only in this career but many others as well.
I went to college and graduated about the same time as you and experienced a lot of the same things career wise. I just can't believe the BS story you like to paint "about how it was until you got your shot" and since it didn't work out the way you planned you said "I quit". Plain and simple, stop making excuses.
Can you really say that aviation has "worked out" for you either?
You posted that "
I too have bee laid off more times than I can count" and "
aviation is full of rough patches". Perhaps it is time to "step back" and take stock of what has been expended for what has been gained?
At what point does the blind continuance of this career becomes self destructive behavior?
I did not quit. I was laid off and was not prepared to sacrifice more of my families security and happiness for the jobs that were available at the time. By 36 years of age and a lifelong devotion to aviation I should have had better value to the industry. By then I had already expended the best years of my life and too many resources. An aviation career is becoming a series of rough patches woven together to become a poorly preforming career.
It is really worth it to endure all the hardships and loss to merely be able to claim that at 45 you were able to fly a big plane? What about financial security and quality of life? Had I been able to get hired again by one of the companies that I tried for I would be laid off
again by now. When does it end? For some never.
I wanted something better for myself.
Skyhigh