What do you still enjoy about the job?
08-12-2011, 02:53 PM
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What do you still enjoy about the job?
Though many people complain about the industry, I would be curious to hear what you still enjoy about the job? If you're going to do something for 30+ years, you'd think that you would at least like some part of it. Life is too short to be miserable for an incredible amount of time.
08-12-2011, 03:27 PM
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RockChalk,
You've posted a lot of questions about the job in the last few days. What's your angle? Are you someone looking at the career, or are you a journalist/author looking for a story?
I don't mind answering your queries, but I'd like to know what your motives are.
EvilMonkey
You've posted a lot of questions about the job in the last few days. What's your angle? Are you someone looking at the career, or are you a journalist/author looking for a story?
I don't mind answering your queries, but I'd like to know what your motives are.
EvilMonkey
08-12-2011, 05:44 PM
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Position: Self employed
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No direct supervision over you is nice. Plenty of jobs like that, though.
Not much to think about once you leave the plane. Rarely do you take any work home.
You can get lots of days off with enough seniority, but I doubt that will be the case in 30 years.
Not much to think about once you leave the plane. Rarely do you take any work home.
You can get lots of days off with enough seniority, but I doubt that will be the case in 30 years.
08-12-2011, 07:26 PM
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Position: FAA 'Flight Check'
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I like the flying.
I like the *mission*.
I like traveling to new places - even though they are all within the same time zone right now
(Some people consider this a blessing!)
I like spending time with my crew on the road for a few days.
I like the flying
(and this is my new job; which may be why I feel like this 
)
USMCFLYR
I like the *mission*.
I like traveling to new places - even though they are all within the same time zone right now
(Some people consider this a blessing!)I like spending time with my crew on the road for a few days.
I like the flying
(and this is my new job; which may be why I feel like this )USMCFLYR
08-12-2011, 08:57 PM
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Position: Didactic Synthetic Aviation Experience Provider
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I enjoy that it's paid my bills most of the time.
I enjoy the satisfaction of maneuvering over a half a million pounds of machine with an accuracy of a few feet or inches (depending on what kind of day I'm having).
I enjoy most of the people I work with.
I enjoy the view.
I'm over most of the rest of it - sorry.
I enjoy the satisfaction of maneuvering over a half a million pounds of machine with an accuracy of a few feet or inches (depending on what kind of day I'm having).
I enjoy most of the people I work with.
I enjoy the view.
I'm over most of the rest of it - sorry.
08-15-2011, 08:07 AM
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Position: Corporate Pilot
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For the love of flying
I use to love flying, but since it has not returned the sentiment my affections have dulled considerably. It killed my friends, enslaved and humiliated myself and others, and never failed to let me down when I needed it to come through the most.
For most (myself included) the endeavor seems to be driven from a place of irrational addiction. Repeatedly kicked to the curb the afflicted follow a predictable path of shedding friends, family and net worth. All in the pursuit of the yoke.
I went into the profession with expectations that it would compensate its devoted similarly to that of other industries. As a kid the airline pilots I knew were all well paid and home more than they were away. They lived in neighborhoods among surgeons and CEO's. They owned vacation cabins on the lake and took their families on lavish vacations. All that is gone now.
In contrast real estate to me is like the girl next door. Faithful, loyal and ever present. It has taken care of me when I was down and put food on my table when aviation would have left me to starve. After being laid off at 37 with a wife and three kids in tow I spent a year trying to find another flying job, any flying job, before the spell began to break.
Being forced to evaluate my path and the choices that lead me to an existence for my family that consisted of a two bedroom apartment and $1300 a month of unemployment insurance I saw that Real Estate was always there for me. I actually made more money and had a better lifestyle during the times when I was unemployed over gainfully employed as a pilot. My resume' reflects how aviation has conducted itself more like a trashy girlfriend.
I miss flying, but do not miss the hardships, injustice and uncertainty that came with it. Real estate is not all that sexy or fun for me. I did not dream of it as a kid. It does not always tell me what I want to hear nor does it provide for endless days in a clean bright white shirt, however it pays the bills and over time brings in big rewards for earnestness and hard work. There are no check airmen sons to jump ahead in line no faceless executives to delete the retirement account.
I do hope to return to flying one day. Only if I have a secure retirement in place and am somewhat financially independent. Or of course if the airlines pay a fair wage again and begin to hire real pilots off the street.
Skyhigh
For most (myself included) the endeavor seems to be driven from a place of irrational addiction. Repeatedly kicked to the curb the afflicted follow a predictable path of shedding friends, family and net worth. All in the pursuit of the yoke.
I went into the profession with expectations that it would compensate its devoted similarly to that of other industries. As a kid the airline pilots I knew were all well paid and home more than they were away. They lived in neighborhoods among surgeons and CEO's. They owned vacation cabins on the lake and took their families on lavish vacations. All that is gone now.
In contrast real estate to me is like the girl next door. Faithful, loyal and ever present. It has taken care of me when I was down and put food on my table when aviation would have left me to starve. After being laid off at 37 with a wife and three kids in tow I spent a year trying to find another flying job, any flying job, before the spell began to break.
Being forced to evaluate my path and the choices that lead me to an existence for my family that consisted of a two bedroom apartment and $1300 a month of unemployment insurance I saw that Real Estate was always there for me. I actually made more money and had a better lifestyle during the times when I was unemployed over gainfully
employed as a pilot. My resume' reflects how aviation has conducted itself more like a trashy girlfriend. I miss flying, but do not miss the hardships, injustice and uncertainty that came with it. Real estate is not all that sexy or fun for me. I did not dream of it as a kid. It does not always tell me what I want to hear nor does it provide for endless days in a clean bright white shirt, however it pays the bills and over time brings in big rewards for earnestness and hard work. There are no check airmen sons to jump ahead in line no faceless executives to delete the retirement account.
I do hope to return to flying one day. Only if I have a secure retirement in place and am somewhat financially independent. Or of course if the airlines pay a fair wage again and begin to hire real pilots off the street.
Skyhigh
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