Sky...you will never fly professionally again....at least not in a job that requires you to travel. It seems you have made it clear that the time away from home didnt sit well with you. Even in those so called golden days you speak of guys and gals were gone more than just a few days.....

Good Luck.... and I think we all know you feel it WASNT the business for you... glad you had the choice to make.

Take care.

I wouldn't say that
 

I would say that the job was for me however the profession did not offer enough income, opportunities or stability to support a family life at a time when I needed it.

After my last employer shut down I could have abandoned my young pregnant wife and babies to go to training at a new airline. I could have commuted to a 20K per year job and been home perhaps 6 to 8 days a month. However, I chose to be a husband father instead.

It is not my fault. After 20 years of dedicated effort I still had no value to the industry. Aviation is a poor profession that forces you to sell yourself cheap and make unholy sacrifices at times in order to stay in the saddle.

You have mentioned that you could not pursue aviation unless your spouse had a good job. Imagine trying to completely support a family on what you made at RAH.


I loved the job. It did not love me.


Skyhigh

my wife has a good job and she STILL won't let me go back!

my g/f hates, and I mean hates my career:eek:

I was at a party this weekend and I had to listen to this 40 yr old Bimbo with huge fake breasts who couldn't put a sentence together tell me how she can barely live on her $200,000.00/a year salary (medical sales). I wanted to shoot myself in the face knowing that this prostitute made that much...........

But hey she makes a lot of money and even she is not happy ;)

Nice.. a 40 year old rich (even if she doesn't think so) sloppy drunk showing her fake body off like she was still in her 20s. Sounds like my kind of party:)

would have been, if my g/f hadn't been watching me the whole time:p

Sky,

I've said it before, and I'll say it again. I respect you for putting your dreams aside to support your family. It's extremely admirable, and it's fantastic that your second life has worked out for you and your family.

This career can be extremely rewarding, and twice as cruel. I've had a very good run so far. While hard work has had something to do with it, luck and timing played a huge role in where I'm at today. I think people get venomous on here because they don't like to have their dreams crushed, but you've already lived that reality and they don't understand it. I hope I never do, but everyday I remind myself that the reality exists, whether I like it or not.

Good Luck to you in all your future endeavors.

Thank You
 

Johnso29,

Thank you for your words of encouragement.

Best of luck,

Skyhigh

Why do I feel like I am back in High School????

ughhhhhh, don't take this the wrong way but you may have a rather difficult road ahead there at NWA.........

granted I would rather be at the Bottom of NWA then the top of most regionals, just saying, you are making it seem like you have conquered all.........