Blunt question...
09-16-2007, 10:51 PM
#51
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Joined APC: Jun 2007
Position: Flying Fast
Posts: 28
One more thing,
I remember a passage from the book "Stranger to the Ground", I don't remember the exact quote, but it went like this:
...while you are airborne, you are the master of your jet and the sky, only when you touch down and shut down, do you return to the world of critisizm, responsibility and accountability...
It's a bit overstated, but flying is a drug that no other job in the world can produce. And yes, we all deal with all the #$%^ while we work on the ground, just because it will allow us to go back and do it again. The true sign of an addict.
I remember a passage from the book "Stranger to the Ground", I don't remember the exact quote, but it went like this:
...while you are airborne, you are the master of your jet and the sky, only when you touch down and shut down, do you return to the world of critisizm, responsibility and accountability...
It's a bit overstated, but flying is a drug that no other job in the world can produce. And yes, we all deal with all the #$%^ while we work on the ground, just because it will allow us to go back and do it again. The true sign of an addict.
09-17-2007, 02:57 AM
#52
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Sep 2006
Position: B-777 Captain
Posts: 943
Originally Posted by 727C47
You have to have the fire for this profession,that deep abiding love for lift and weight,overcoming thrust and drag,to put up with all the drama,and uncertainty. But I love it,I really,truly do.
One thing you cannot do is outspend your earning power. You can't be some smuck who works at the regional level gets to the major and go right out and buy every toy on the block and upgrade to your Capt house. Heck I still live live in the same house as when I got hired at EAL. Yes I upgraded the kitchen and put a pool in along the journey but you want a really cool feeling. Everthing I own is paid for free and clear. Cars, plane, boat n house.
Hopefully still a great ride for the next 8 or 10 years despite schedules being optimized.
Heck it was either this or become an actor/comedian.................
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