Originally Posted by Ranger (Post 169106)

I'm fine and thanks for asking. Just doing what I do best. Being oblivious and all of that other stuff. I see that you're still up to your old tricks. For a while there it was a bi-weekly event. You've once again accelerated the frequency of your "whoa is me" threads to a couple a week. Did something bad happen with the family or your job? I hope not. And I really need to ask this. Do you have something against Vietnam vets? That would be a very, very big disapointment to me. Being a crazy Nam vet and all.

Originally Posted by SkyHigh (Post 169230)

I am a freak and have never been able to be a brain dead line guy.

I can not happily place my future into the hands of airline executives.

I don't want to move away from my home.

I don't want to be gone from my family for more than half the year.

I don't like being poor.

I don't like being disrespected and treated like filth by my employer.

I don't believe that the typical airline career can lead to future prosperity.

And lastly I do not have any faith that this industry will do anything other than continue down hill. The success stories of today will be the hard luck cases of tomorrow. I am sorry if you guys don't have the same perspective as I. I am different. I measure what had been lost against what is yet to be gained. After all the sacrifices, moves, pain and losses in the end it is only a job and a poor one at that.

The path to a successful airline career leads to the destruction of everything else.

Proudly Different,

SkyHigh

Originally Posted by AAflyer (Post 169234)

You can say all that, but deep down you miss it, deep down you still want a piece of it, otherwise you would not be here on message board with other airline pilots. It must be hard, it is something I hope I never have to live through. I sincerely wish you the best.

AA

Originally Posted by SkyHigh (Post 169268)

Yes, I do miss it a lot. My family and I are much better off now but it is difficult to leave a lifetime dream behind. It is the only thing I believe that a responsible person could do in my situation.

SkyHigh

Originally Posted by SkyHigh (Post 169230)

I am a freak and have never been able to be a brain dead line guy.

Now you're a brain dead cubicle monkey.

I can not happily place my future into the hands of airline executives.

Now you place your future in the hands of corporate executives.

I don't want to move away from my home.

What...do you sell Amway on the phone?

I don't want to be gone from my family for more than half the year.

I'm home more hours than the overwhelming majority of 8-5 cubicle monkeys, often for well over a month straight 24/7.

I don't like being poor.

Trust me... I'm not.

I don't like being disrespected and treated like filth by my employer.

I can only imagine what your employer thinks of you...unless you work for yourself, and that's even worse in your case.

I don't believe that the typical airline career can lead to future prosperity.

Hell...you think the world is ending tomorrow.

And lastly I do not have any faith that this industry will do anything other than continue down hill. The success stories of today will be the hard luck cases of tomorrow. I am sorry if you guys don't have the same perspective as I. I am different. I measure what had been lost against what is yet to be gained. After all the sacrifices, moves, pain and losses in the end it is only a job and a poor one at that.

Then go back to cubiclemonkey.com and leave those of us with the balls to make it work alone.

The path to a successful airline career leads to the destruction of everything else.

Proudly Different,

SkyHigh