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Originally Posted by Flatspin (Post 1062657)

I was thinking about my 430am wake up, crappy hotel, 5 hour sit, living out of luggage like a Gypsy, working weekends and holidays and the joke of an outfit (with a union) that I work for and decided to proudly have a beer in uniform today after my last leg (I did remove the made in China zip-up-tie and shiny plastic alloy wings from the make believe left pocket of course). It tasted really good and I've also decided to grow a beard. So far this month scratch lottery tickets have provided more than my paycheck. Good thing I went to college and have a business degree to fall back on. It seems like most guys that stay with this for awhile do so because they have railroaded themselves into it and have never developed any useful business skills. Also, the world will not end in 2012 as the Mayans predicted. It will end when Tony Romo says so.

Seems to me that the title of this thread should be "I had a beer today...and then tried really hard not to let the tears from my broken dreams fall into it". Boohoo guy. Sounds like you are not 100% sure you did the right thing. Sorry you went to a crap company (assumption) but you made your bed, lie in it.

In the interest of avoiding thread drift, I'm drinking a Sam Adams Octoberfest and watching football :D

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Originally Posted by freezingflyboy (Post 1063470)

Good point. I'm drinking a bunch of St. Arnold Octoberfests. My Dallas Cowboys let me down far more than Colgan Air does :(

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Originally Posted by LostInPA (Post 1063166)

-make crap money: I don't think anyone on here will disagree that $20K-$30K per year is lousy for our hours, QOL, and responsibility.

For, i.e., a flight school/bridge program grad to regional FO, 20K is a bit high.

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Originally Posted by LeftWing (Post 1063558)

For, i.e., a flight school/bridge program grad to regional FO, 20K is a bit high.

Yep, and they have AC on the planes I can't wait to get a regional job. Instructing in this heater box will not be missed.

Coors when it had to be "imported" from Mexico to South Carolina and cost the unheard of price of $5.45/six pack in 1981. That was the smoothest, sweetest nectar at the time. I'm sure being slight south of the legal drinkin' age added to it's awesomeness.

You'd think being under age any beer would be best , but this stands out in my pickling memory.

By the same token, underage, we actually threw out Busch, and some mule pi$$ that the base PX had for $12/case.

Stay thirsty my friends.................

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Originally Posted by G5inmind (Post 1063610)

Yep, and they have AC on the planes I can't wait to get a regional job. Instructing in this heater box will not be missed.

Just because an airplane has air conditioning, doesn't mean it stays cool. A Saab flying a bunch of short legs, never over 5000 feet, in summer is rough.

At least in a 150, you can take with the doors off.

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Originally Posted by FlyJSH (Post 1063700)

But with a steady pay check and cool uniforms its a 1up in my book.

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Originally Posted by G5inmind (Post 1063610)

Yep, and they have AC on the planes I can't wait to get a regional job. Instructing in this heater box will not be missed.

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Originally Posted by FlyJSH (Post 1063700)

Flying a twin commander without AC on short hops dressed in a pilot costume isn't exactly fun either, but I think hell is only slightly hotter than taxiing in a diamond on a hot summer day.

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Originally Posted by AZ wildcat (Post 1062701)

Fat Tire out of my keg orator.

I miss Fat Tire so bad. They don't ship to FL. Was in Houston this past weekend and had some-yum!