Originally Posted by
BitterOHFO
I saw this thread and laughed. Damn right I am entitled...I am one of the few out there that has not defaulted on my aviation loan. I have 9 more years of payments. ... I am tired of it. I have devoted 7 years of my life to this s@@t job. Just hit 3rd year annivesary at Comair. I am tired of being treated like your standard bus driver. I cannot wait to leave this profession and go back to ...
When I have to shoot an ILS down to minimums in some insane crosswind for the equivelent of $17/ hr at jfk and I hear the smart a@@ remarks from passengers on how the landing wasn't soft it ****es me off. Flying on an airliner used to be a privelege. There is no respect for what we do anymore. I remember my first few trips on a plane. My family actually got dressed up and behaved. That era is long gone. I have been threatened with furlough 3 times this year already. They just canceled the latest furlough and I am unhappy I am not losing my job,...
(The worst part is, I'm below you on the seniority list.) So let me get this straight; you started flying AFTER 9/11, have been at OH since 2006, and you thought you'd be either Capt. by now, or at a major? Is that why you say you feel entitled? (saying this knowing all too well I'll probably have to swing the gear for you someday)
Honestly, I'm sure you know people at our airline like I met at initial training...One WAS a Capt. @ ComAir who left for United, got furloughed and came back as a new-hire F/O...another, 57 year old 757 Capt. @ ATA, another, military helo pilot at first airline, etc...and they were all furloughed before you in an economy that doesn't care how experienced you are, there are just too many guys on the streets.
I took a temporary hard-labor job right after furlough, and during one of the 10minute breaks, I sat in the field watching the jets fly over and thought, "They've just reached cruise and are just starting to b@#ch about ___ (PPAS, JM'ing, fill in the blank)!"
This isn't a job, it's a lifestyle you either love or don't...take the voluntary next time!