Originally Posted by
SkyHigh
People work for money not because of soul searching. We need money to support what does mean more to us, our families and lives. Flying is just a job and that is all. If you truly love to fly then you should not do it as a career since it eventually will suck the life out of it. Good and positive feelings about aviation will be replaced with bad ones. The magic of flight will be exchanged with the nine leg daily grind.
Originally Posted by
USMCFLYR
This might have been your experience. It was/is certainly not mine.
USMCFLYR
Sky:
Try flying for the regionals at $492 of take home pay every two weeks. Nine leg 16 hour days and a crummy hotel at the end of it all.
No good !! Boring. No job satisfaction as you punch out approach after approach all day long.
I read your post again and I didn't see where you quantified your comment that is was solely expressing views of Regional Airline flying. Your first post seem to lump ALL flying careers into your singular view of doom and desperation.
I pointed out a different experience of aviation. As you always say Sky - my view is just as pertinent as yours. I'm new to professional aviation, but even since leaving my easy life where everything was 'given' to me as you have pointed out before, things are still not approaching the end of the world. I know that you don't believe there can a balance in a career in aviation, but I think you are wrong. Maybe the key word in your last post above was job satisfaction. Maybe you were never going to find job satisfaction in aviation
I'm sorry for that.
USMCFLYR