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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.
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Originally Posted by DactlFO
(Post 1356650)
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.
:D I don't have to deadhead half way around the world ever again :D
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:
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Aviation isn't the be-all and end-all path to happiness. |
Originally Posted by JohnBurke
(Post 1366085)
No, it's more of a way of life.
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Congrats to you for moving on and not becoming an old crusty FE like some other poster on this thread. I recently came to the same conclusion with my career. Heres to seeing you on the outside!
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ORDCRJ
From your other posts, you were done before you started! GF |
I recently came to the same conclusion with my career. Heres to seeing you on the outside! |
Originally Posted by JohnBurke
(Post 1366085)
No, it's more of a way of life.
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Originally Posted by JohnBurke
(Post 1366766)
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?
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You obviously aren't familiar with the poster to whom I responded.
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