Originally Posted by
Uncle Bose
No, he hasn't done an about-face. He's been saying all along how he'd happily take an offer from Alaska, despite all the negative aspects of the career he so thoroughly proliferates these boards with. It's pure irrationality, and I'm sure he'd admit to it, as well as explain that irrationality is precisely the trait needed to pursue the brass ring in the airlines.
Let's not forget that I have already paid for my ticket. If the opportunity came up I would be a fool not to take it if offered at face value. It's not like I would run out and start from scratch as a brand new CFI. My perspectives haven't changed it still isn't worth all that.
At this point in my life I would do it just for the sake of achieving a life goal. The first thing I would do after clearing IOE is to run down to get my portrait taken in uniform. Hang that corny baby on the wall next to the obligatory print of an Alaska Airlines jet in flight. The odds of my sticking around after that for very long would be in question. I mean I am not crazy. I can make more on one house than I could for the entire year as an FO, but dreams are dreams.
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