Originally Posted by
proskuneho
How many hours did you have when you got your first 121 job, you who stare down your nose at all of us "stupid" people that worked at flight schools for over 7 years and are totally sick of it? I probably supervised your first solo. Let me guess - about 328 total time with 15 multi? Now are you bitter because you got furloughed with low time and since you have no PIC time you can't upgrade for several years?
If you've been working at flight schools for the last 7 years, how is it you missed the big hiring boom?
As for the second part, be careful who you "stare down your nose at" just as you note he has no idea what it is to be in your shoes, you have no idea what it is to be in his.
For the record I enjoyed flight instructing, I'm not sure my two furloughs have really beat having a full time instructing job where I made more money, my own schedule and was home every night. It's hard to understand that though when you haven't done both, big fast airplanes call to pilots...