Hoss,

You say Sky got into aviation for the wrong reasons, that his only goal was a job at a major and a big paycheck. But as your career at UAL shows, your goals and motives ended up converging right along with his. In the end, you also wanted more money, a better QOL and the chance to spend more time with your family. I see no problem with that but why all the criticism towards Sky for doing nothing more than basically being envious of how your career turned out? Sure maybe he's a little bitter about it but who wouldn't be, especially with guys like you rubbing it in his face.

I apologize if anything in my posts offended you. That's not my intention.

Total and utter BS. I'd sure like to know what your background is because this is simple ignorance. I know plenty of guys who fly corporate, who fly for various government agencies including the BLM and USFS who have very nice lives and who make the same or more than I do and have more home time too.

Watch it pal that stuff is nothing more than attempted provocation.....Refer to my first statement and understand that you don't know what you don't know because you haven't been there and don't know how the system works. You are either a groupie who thinks they know what the deal is or you and skyhigh are buddies or you are skyhigh and I am going with option three.

Welcome to my ignore list.

So...I'm extremely appreciative for the info from 'Hoss'-I really couldn't be a whole lot more thankful. I'm also quite happy to have started this thread. I'm older than some that have recently initiated themselves into the awesome world of professional aviation. I've done so many things through the course of this beautiful life and am very fortunate to have had perhaps a more than 'adventurous' lifestyle from the start. (thanks to my awesome parents)-Basically, I'm not just some whippersnapper with all the time in the world to go out and find 'IT.' I am married, decided early on to not have kids, we do have a couple houses, so we're thankful that we do have a pot to **** in. I know that my personality, coupled with my love for life, would never settle for any 'loneliness' in this lifetime or any other, no matter what I was doing. I'm just gonna point my nose where I have the strong desire to and go for it bigtime! I'm gonna be dang good at it as well. At my age, It takes focus,uber-strong dedication, and by gosh, frankly not taking No for an answer. With much more that I could 'Rant' about, I'll just sum it up by saying this: A wise fellow once talked about being thankful that we were all a bit different; in goal orientation, desires, and generally all else that 'Is'...for he knew that if that were not the case, that 'flight deck' would be a very very crowded place. TailWinds to all!

You just cracked the code. I am the same.

Here is one:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/03/us...leap.html?_r=1


Skyhigh

Seems like an honorable man doing an honorable job.
Thanks for sharing the article.

USMCFLYR

Wow, started jumpin' at age 19-pretty impressive. Good article and thanks for sharing.

I remember him. I flew out of Winthrop.

http://www.ncsbsmokejumpers.com/

Skyhigh

Sounds like a great opportunity to me. Looking forward to work everyday certainly has its perks. And going to sleep at night tired with a calming feeling of satisfaction is something that many folks never let themselves experience. Plus, this kind of experience will help you land a career with the USFS, which will help you live out your retirement in comfort. Good Luck!

Sky,

Thanks for recommending Jumping Fire. Wow, what a great read! Finally got the chance to read it, and really enjoyed the experiences he shared.

SP