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07-14-2008, 02:42 PM
#11
A Second Past V1
Joined APC: Feb 2007
Position: Assumed
Posts: 743
Originally Posted by aFflIgHt
I've been thinking ATC -- too late after 30
07-14-2008, 03:08 PM
#12
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Joined APC: Aug 2007
Position: Latrine Queen
Posts: 46
from Saabrowski "or the time you and your CA got a really good deal on some "entertainment" in Gaudalajera Mexico, and laugh about it the whole leg back in the morning."
Did this entertainment involve a horse and a human?
Seriously, I agree with Saab. Life is good to you sometimes, and life sucks sometimes. Do what you enjoy and enjoy what you do. I have been through the ringer flying downrange with the military, but it was good times flying with my crews and it may have sucked, but we got through it and it made us better people. Remember, all this BS builds character.
Did this entertainment involve a horse and a human?
Seriously, I agree with Saab. Life is good to you sometimes, and life sucks sometimes. Do what you enjoy and enjoy what you do. I have been through the ringer flying downrange with the military, but it was good times flying with my crews and it may have sucked, but we got through it and it made us better people. Remember, all this BS builds character.
07-14-2008, 03:39 PM
#13
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jan 2008
Posts: 1,383
Originally Posted by SAABaroowski
Guys I have posted a thread like this a few months ago, I want to share my feelings 
.
Life is hard, Life is not fair, Life is also long. We have COMPLETE control in the fact that we can go find another job tomorrow. I know it is easier said then done, but the reality is you can find a job that will pay as much as a Regional CA & FO, almost anywhere now a days. The glory of the job is long gone, but the people remain the same. I LOVE being an airline pilot. I love the ****ty ERJ 145, I love NY controllers and I love landing in a 40kt crosswind. Being a Mortgage broker was the best career a few years ago, now look at it. Working on Wall St may seem appealing but its 7 days a week and more stressful then 121 flying will ever be, not to mention the low-life back stabbing scum you will work with (much like SCABS and GoJET pilots). Our country is in a world of hurt right now and seems like the OIL business is the only good industry to be in. I say don't give up just yet! Hard times will come and go, stick it out and do your part to try and make things better.
My sister is a lawyer, makes good money but is miserable, I make no money and am only miserable half the time, haha. Do what you have to do, but know that wherever you end up in life you will look back and miss breaking out of a layer to a setting sun out west, or the feeling of making a great x-wind landing, or the time you and your CA got a really good deal on some "entertainment" in Gaudalajera Mexico, and laugh about it the whole leg back in the morning.
The point of my rambling is when you think your life cant get any worse or your job cant get any crappier...................chances are it/they will, but doesn't mean you have to give up, Every Industry has its ups and downs, unfortunately the incompetent Execs at airlines are doing a better job of making this industry less stable then any other. Stand tall and fight the good fight. Leave the industry if you have to, but be very very careful because things can and will turn around, and when they do, do you want to be in a cubicle? <-----Even if that cubicle makes you a lot of money, usually all the money in the world cant make people happy.....
.Life is hard, Life is not fair, Life is also long. We have COMPLETE control in the fact that we can go find another job tomorrow. I know it is easier said then done, but the reality is you can find a job that will pay as much as a Regional CA & FO, almost anywhere now a days. The glory of the job is long gone, but the people remain the same. I LOVE being an airline pilot. I love the ****ty ERJ 145, I love NY controllers and I love landing in a 40kt crosswind. Being a Mortgage broker was the best career a few years ago, now look at it. Working on Wall St may seem appealing but its 7 days a week and more stressful then 121 flying will ever be, not to mention the low-life back stabbing scum you will work with (much like SCABS and GoJET pilots). Our country is in a world of hurt right now and seems like the OIL business is the only good industry to be in. I say don't give up just yet! Hard times will come and go, stick it out and do your part to try and make things better.
My sister is a lawyer, makes good money but is miserable, I make no money and am only miserable half the time, haha. Do what you have to do, but know that wherever you end up in life you will look back and miss breaking out of a layer to a setting sun out west, or the feeling of making a great x-wind landing, or the time you and your CA got a really good deal on some "entertainment" in Gaudalajera Mexico, and laugh about it the whole leg back in the morning.
The point of my rambling is when you think your life cant get any worse or your job cant get any crappier...................chances are it/they will, but doesn't mean you have to give up, Every Industry has its ups and downs, unfortunately the incompetent Execs at airlines are doing a better job of making this industry less stable then any other. Stand tall and fight the good fight. Leave the industry if you have to, but be very very careful because things can and will turn around, and when they do, do you want to be in a cubicle? <-----Even if that cubicle makes you a lot of money, usually all the money in the world cant make people happy.....
07-14-2008, 03:41 PM
#14
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Joined APC: Apr 2007
Position: CRJ
Posts: 69
Originally Posted by SAABaroowski
Guys I have posted a thread like this a few months ago, I want to share my feelings .
Life is hard, Life is not fair, Life is also long. We have COMPLETE control in the fact that we can go find another job tomorrow. I know it is easier said then done, but the reality is you can find a job that will pay as much as a Regional CA & FO, almost anywhere now a days. The glory of the job is long gone, but the people remain the same. I LOVE being an airline pilot. I love the ****ty ERJ 145, I love NY controllers and I love landing in a 40kt crosswind. Being a Mortgage broker was the best career a few years ago, now look at it. Working on Wall St may seem appealing but its 7 days a week and more stressful then 121 flying will ever be, not to mention the low-life back stabbing scum you will work with (much like SCABS and GoJET pilots). Our country is in a world of hurt right now and seems like the OIL business is the only good industry to be in. I say don't give up just yet! Hard times will come and go, stick it out and do your part to try and make things better.
My sister is a lawyer, makes good money but is miserable, I make no money and am only miserable half the time, haha. Do what you have to do, but know that wherever you end up in life you will look back and miss breaking out of a layer to a setting sun out west, or the feeling of making a great x-wind landing, or the time you and your CA got a really good deal on some "entertainment" in Gaudalajera Mexico, and laugh about it the whole leg back in the morning.
The point of my rambling is when you think your life cant get any worse or your job cant get any crappier...................chances are it/they will, but doesn't mean you have to give up, Every Industry has its ups and downs, unfortunately the incompetent Execs at airlines are doing a better job of making this industry less stable then any other. Stand tall and fight the good fight. Leave the industry if you have to, but be very very careful because things can and will turn around, and when they do, do you want to be in a cubicle? <-----Even if that cubicle makes you a lot of money, usually all the money in the world cant make people happy.....
.Life is hard, Life is not fair, Life is also long. We have COMPLETE control in the fact that we can go find another job tomorrow. I know it is easier said then done, but the reality is you can find a job that will pay as much as a Regional CA & FO, almost anywhere now a days. The glory of the job is long gone, but the people remain the same. I LOVE being an airline pilot. I love the ****ty ERJ 145, I love NY controllers and I love landing in a 40kt crosswind. Being a Mortgage broker was the best career a few years ago, now look at it. Working on Wall St may seem appealing but its 7 days a week and more stressful then 121 flying will ever be, not to mention the low-life back stabbing scum you will work with (much like SCABS and GoJET pilots). Our country is in a world of hurt right now and seems like the OIL business is the only good industry to be in. I say don't give up just yet! Hard times will come and go, stick it out and do your part to try and make things better.
My sister is a lawyer, makes good money but is miserable, I make no money and am only miserable half the time, haha. Do what you have to do, but know that wherever you end up in life you will look back and miss breaking out of a layer to a setting sun out west, or the feeling of making a great x-wind landing, or the time you and your CA got a really good deal on some "entertainment" in Gaudalajera Mexico, and laugh about it the whole leg back in the morning.
The point of my rambling is when you think your life cant get any worse or your job cant get any crappier...................chances are it/they will, but doesn't mean you have to give up, Every Industry has its ups and downs, unfortunately the incompetent Execs at airlines are doing a better job of making this industry less stable then any other. Stand tall and fight the good fight. Leave the industry if you have to, but be very very careful because things can and will turn around, and when they do, do you want to be in a cubicle? <-----Even if that cubicle makes you a lot of money, usually all the money in the world cant make people happy.....
Great post!!!
07-14-2008, 04:29 PM
#16
Banned
Joined APC: Jan 2006
Position: A-320
Posts: 6,929
thanks guys, I dunno lately the worse the industry has gotten the more I have been thinking. Life is tough but something about the experiences and people I have met in the industry....................awesome guys/girls. At least we are all in this together and hopefully one day we can all look back at these posts and smile.
One day I am going to write a book
Through 10,000ft, the confessions of an airline pilot............sex, donkey shows and 6hr ground stops
One day I am going to write a book
Through 10,000ft, the confessions of an airline pilot............sex, donkey shows and 6hr ground stops
07-14-2008, 05:25 PM
#17
Bored
Joined APC: Nov 2006
Position: Grumman Torture Device (weekends only)
Posts: 445
Guys I have posted a thread like this a few months ago, I want to share my feelings .
Life is hard, Life is not fair, Life is also long. We have COMPLETE control in the fact that we can go find another job tomorrow. I know it is easier said then done, but the reality is you can find a job that will pay as much as a Regional CA & FO, almost anywhere now a days. The glory of the job is long gone, but the people remain the same. I LOVE being an airline pilot. I love the ****ty ERJ 145, I love NY controllers and I love landing in a 40kt crosswind. Being a Mortgage broker was the best career a few years ago, now look at it. Working on Wall St may seem appealing but its 7 days a week and more stressful then 121 flying will ever be, not to mention the low-life back stabbing scum you will work with (much like SCABS and GoJET pilots). Our country is in a world of hurt right now and seems like the OIL business is the only good industry to be in. I say don't give up just yet! Hard times will come and go, stick it out and do your part to try and make things better.
My sister is a lawyer, makes good money but is miserable, I make no money and am only miserable half the time, haha. Do what you have to do, but know that wherever you end up in life you will look back and miss breaking out of a layer to a setting sun out west, or the feeling of making a great x-wind landing, or the time you and your CA got a really good deal on some "entertainment" in Gaudalajera Mexico, and laugh about it the whole leg back in the morning.
The point of my rambling is when you think your life cant get any worse or your job cant get any crappier...................chances are it/they will, but doesn't mean you have to give up, Every Industry has its ups and downs, unfortunately the incompetent Execs at airlines are doing a better job of making this industry less stable then any other. Stand tall and fight the good fight. Leave the industry if you have to, but be very very careful because things can and will turn around, and when they do, do you want to be in a cubicle? <-----Even if that cubicle makes you a lot of money, usually all the money in the world cant make people happy.....
Life is hard, Life is not fair, Life is also long. We have COMPLETE control in the fact that we can go find another job tomorrow. I know it is easier said then done, but the reality is you can find a job that will pay as much as a Regional CA & FO, almost anywhere now a days. The glory of the job is long gone, but the people remain the same. I LOVE being an airline pilot. I love the ****ty ERJ 145, I love NY controllers and I love landing in a 40kt crosswind. Being a Mortgage broker was the best career a few years ago, now look at it. Working on Wall St may seem appealing but its 7 days a week and more stressful then 121 flying will ever be, not to mention the low-life back stabbing scum you will work with (much like SCABS and GoJET pilots). Our country is in a world of hurt right now and seems like the OIL business is the only good industry to be in. I say don't give up just yet! Hard times will come and go, stick it out and do your part to try and make things better.
My sister is a lawyer, makes good money but is miserable, I make no money and am only miserable half the time, haha. Do what you have to do, but know that wherever you end up in life you will look back and miss breaking out of a layer to a setting sun out west, or the feeling of making a great x-wind landing, or the time you and your CA got a really good deal on some "entertainment" in Gaudalajera Mexico, and laugh about it the whole leg back in the morning.
The point of my rambling is when you think your life cant get any worse or your job cant get any crappier...................chances are it/they will, but doesn't mean you have to give up, Every Industry has its ups and downs, unfortunately the incompetent Execs at airlines are doing a better job of making this industry less stable then any other. Stand tall and fight the good fight. Leave the industry if you have to, but be very very careful because things can and will turn around, and when they do, do you want to be in a cubicle? <-----Even if that cubicle makes you a lot of money, usually all the money in the world cant make people happy.....
07-14-2008, 09:09 PM
#18
ILL BEE DAT
Joined APC: Aug 2006
Position: Rollin' Down tha 405
Posts: 2,550
Originally Posted by SAABaroowski
One day I am going to write a book
Through 10,000ft, the confessions of an airline pilot............sex, donkey shows and 6hr ground stops
07-14-2008, 09:09 PM
#19
Self Employed.
Joined APC: May 2005
Position: Corporate Pilot
Posts: 7,119
All the money
All the money in the world can't make some people happy, but no money at all makes no one happy. Flying is fun but eventually it becomes a job.
Poor and 25 is alright. Poor and 45 stinks. I don't care how many sunsets and free hotel rooms you get money helps a lot towards having a satisfying and peaceful life as you get older. Kids need braces. College accounts and retirements need funding.
Stability and professional advancement add a lot to financial security. If everyone could make it to UPS while they were still young enough to benefit from it then would be a different situation.
SkyHigh
Poor and 25 is alright. Poor and 45 stinks. I don't care how many sunsets and free hotel rooms you get money helps a lot towards having a satisfying and peaceful life as you get older. Kids need braces. College accounts and retirements need funding.
Stability and professional advancement add a lot to financial security. If everyone could make it to UPS while they were still young enough to benefit from it then would be a different situation.
SkyHigh
07-15-2008, 04:43 AM
#20
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Joined APC: Jan 2006
Position: A-320
Posts: 6,929
Originally Posted by SkyHigh
All the money in the world can't make some people happy, but no money at all makes no one happy. Flying is fun but eventually it becomes a job.
Poor and 25 is alright. Poor and 45 stinks. I don't care how many sunsets and free hotel rooms you get money helps a lot towards having a satisfying and peaceful life as you get older. Kids need braces. College accounts and retirements need funding.
Stability and professional advancement add a lot to financial security. If everyone could make it to UPS while they were still young enough to benefit from it then would be a different situation.
SkyHigh
Poor and 25 is alright. Poor and 45 stinks. I don't care how many sunsets and free hotel rooms you get money helps a lot towards having a satisfying and peaceful life as you get older. Kids need braces. College accounts and retirements need funding.
Stability and professional advancement add a lot to financial security. If everyone could make it to UPS while they were still young enough to benefit from it then would be a different situation.
SkyHigh
Thank god my future wife makes a lot of money
