Fun to fly with?
Originally Posted by CassinAK
(Post 1465201)
The best thing to happen to the aviation industry.... Skyhigh's failure! Flying with you would be miserable.
Skyhigh |
If you want to fly a plane buy a Cessna 150 and get a real job. I have no regrets. You seem to live your life in sorrow, and your path here can be measured by a trail of pessimistic tears and disappointment. It must really grate on you to know that so many of us have happy, fulfilling, productive, and even lucrative careers in aviation. |
Originally Posted by krudawg
(Post 1466492)
The industry is full of shady operators and "whoring yourself out" as you say, (short of being a scab of course) is acceptable to me because it's just another step up to your next flying job.
Originally Posted by krudawg
(Post 1466492)
Let me be clear; there are a lot of FBO's and charter operators out there that have the mind-set that "the pilots should be PAYING them to fly their airplanes.
Originally Posted by krudawg
(Post 1466492)
Most people pursuing an airline career will eventually fly for these operators - apparently, you never did. You were very lucky, to say the least.
Yeah.....luck had nothing to do with me not flying for those types. I would never have taken that route - I have to look myself in the mirror each morning. |
Originally Posted by JohnBurke
(Post 1467035)
I have a real job. I get paid to fly aircraft. Nothing wrong with a Cessna 150, mind you, but my ride is a whole lot more interesting and considerably more challenging.
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We got pulled off the fire after just three drops today, due to thunderstorms and radical changes in fire behavior, but drops down canyon with steep runs under the smoke column, up against some very active flame fronts, and some fairly violent low level runs on a wind driven wildfire were interesting enough. I didn't feel the need to spin.
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Originally Posted by JohnBurke
(Post 1467145)
We got pulled off the fire after just three drops today, due to thunderstorms and radical changes in fire behavior, but drops down canyon with steep runs under the smoke column, up against some very active flame fronts, and some fairly violent low level runs on a wind driven wildfire were interesting enough. I didn't feel the need to spin.
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Originally Posted by Adlerdriver
(Post 1467074)
Pathetic. Perpetuating this attitude is one of the things that has helped to decimate this industry over the last 30 or so years. The guys climbing all over each other to get in line to fly an RJ for 18K a year have successfully diminished their own chances to get into the job they're striving to get. It's a self-licking ice cream cone. The only ones winning are the airlines that can farm out their short haul domestic flying to the lowest bidder.
And if no one showed up with their tube of KY ready to bend over for them, then they would have to pay a real wage. Same thing at the regional airlines. Sooner or later these young guys are going to realize that the dream job at the end of the rainbow isn't the one guys like you are making it out to be - and it isn't worth it. There aren't enough good flying jobs out there for every "persistent" newbie to get one if they stick around long enough and hopscotch from one bad job to another. They don't have to - if they're not being paid what they're worth, for the skills they possess, then they don't take the job. Pretty simple. Lots of folks are making that choice - did you see hiring bonuses being offered to get guys to take RJ jobs a few years ago? Yeah.....luck had nothing to do with me not flying for those types. I would never have taken that route - I have to look myself in the mirror each morning. |
Oh, so not as interesting as aerobatics all day. Tell you what; you go do this for a while, so that you know what you're talking about, then get back to me. |
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