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MasterCaution 02-27-2013 07:54 AM

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.
;)

AxialFlow 03-06-2013 03:07 AM


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

Dactl, best wishes. The number of people I know that are leaving the cockpit grows month by month. It's not as scary as it sounds, so they say. I've kicked around the idea myself.


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:

Words of wisdom, Fluglehrer. Aviation isn't the be-all and end-all path to happiness.

JohnBurke 03-06-2013 05:48 AM


Aviation isn't the be-all and end-all path to happiness.
No, it's more of a way of life.

MD11 03-06-2013 09:43 AM


Originally Posted by JohnBurke (Post 1366085)
No, it's more of a way of life.

The truth for me... I can't imagine any other line of work outside of flying and aircraft maintenance.

ORDCRJ 03-06-2013 12:19 PM

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!

galaxy flyer 03-06-2013 04:37 PM

ORDCRJ

From your other posts, you were done before you started!

GF

JohnBurke 03-06-2013 10:49 PM


I recently came to the same conclusion with my career. Heres to seeing you on the outside!
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?

HercDriver130 03-07-2013 04:23 AM


Originally Posted by JohnBurke (Post 1366085)
No, it's more of a way of life.

Exactly.......

brianb 03-07-2013 05:58 AM


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?

Do you always wake up on the "wrong" side of the bed?:D

JohnBurke 03-07-2013 07:26 AM

You obviously aren't familiar with the poster to whom I responded.


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