I'm done
02-27-2013, 07:54 AM
#11
On Reserve
Joined APC: Apr 2012
Position: Whale Herder
Posts: 19
Wish you the best of luck and happy tailwinds Dactl-FO. I think you have obtained some serious wisdom in all those years of cruising around the sky, because Knowing when to hold-em and when to play your cards and when to walk away is a lesson many of us never learn.
03-06-2013, 03:07 AM
#12
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jul 2009
Posts: 519
Originally Posted by DactlFO
After 35 yrs in aviation as a mechanic, flight engineer and first officer I'm done. Totally disgusted with the whole industry. Starting over in the local community.
I don't have to deadhead half way around the world ever again
I don't have to deadhead half way around the world ever again
Originally Posted by Fluglehrer
If people leave aviation, let them. There are other worthy career goals in life, and many of those who leave realize that they were chasing the wrong goal, or at least the wrong goal for them. There are a number of difficult paths to develop one's self:
03-06-2013, 10:49 PM
#17
Disinterested Third Party
Joined APC: Jun 2012
Posts: 6,030
I recently came to the same conclusion with my career. Heres to seeing you on the outside!
03-07-2013, 05:58 AM
#19
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jan 2009
Position: Airbus 319/320 Captain
Posts: 880
Originally Posted by JohnBurke
It only took you ten years to gain a whopping 125 hours of PIC experience to figure that out, after overpaying twice over for flight training, then begging for a way out of your loans. That's what happens when you try to run before you can walk, and cut to the head of the line. Tell us about the "pogues" again. Were they crusty, too?
