Skyhigh-

I think I speak for many people here when I say that you are absolutely pitiful.

No one here feels sorry for you, since you CHOSE to not follow (literally) you dream around the country. Do I want to live in CO (I'm from TX), away from all of my family, friends and girlfrend? Hell no, but I do it b/c I love to fly.

Your bitching has no home here anymore.

Rather than allow you to quit posting your garbage, I am utilizing the ignore function for the first time.

Opinion
 

I am not here to make people feel sorry for me. My opinions have every right to be here just as the republicans have every right to be in congress still.

My aim is to bring others to the light and to bring about information that might just save a few. To an ardent smoker anti-smoking advertisements might seem negative. I however am not a negative person and my message is not negative either. It is simply in opposition to yours.

I am a positive person and would like others to know that there is life outside of flying and it is good. I choose to have a real life, to raise a family while living with them, and to financially prosper. An Aviation life is often in contrast to those goals and not everyone is ready to throw their lives away for an empty flight deck.

SkyHigh

that is a subjective phrase. you are like a broken record.

Positive, eh?

Positive
 

Smoking causes cancer. To you that might seem like a negative statement against smoking. To others it is an effort to save lives. I am not here to wave a flag for how great aviation is. My mission is to focus on the other side.

I am a positive person who lives a normal and fulfilling life. Others here have accused me of being a negative Nelly who lives under a bridge and scares school children. My opinions are contrarian to most others here but that does not mean that I am negative, only in opposition.

SkyHigh

Subjective
 

I would not say that it is subjective. Re-read some of my posts on the "time value of Money". Consider the costs of education, training and early years of low paid experience building, then apply the average progression of a civilian flying career to their early 40's. Don't forget to throw in a layoff, furlough or two. Not subjective at all. The truth is an unbroken record.

SkyHigh

Now if you are merely getting tired of the subject then perhaps we could post about horses or something else? :)

There's no question you are making an iffy investment to get the requisite training and experience needed for a flying career unless you make it to the majors. That's why I am staying out altogether, unless regionals up the payscale so much that it's not such a hit to leave my current $50+ job. I am not thrilled to push pencils but the truth is it's a peaceful lifestyle and you get to go home at night. I tell myself when regionals are willing to pay $40k to start, which is a big if, then I will get serious about applying. Too many people want to fly for a living for current payscales to be on par with the amount of training and education it requires.

He hangs around this forum because he couldn't make it. It would be the same as me going on the Target department store forum and bashing that career because when I was 16 years old I hated stocking shelves there.

Opinions
 

I merely provide a second opinion. I am here because I enjoy the comradre, like writing and miss my aviation friends. My positions are real and the detractors are too. In time you will begin to understand what you are up against as well.


SkyHigh

I'm not sure what SH said to tick everyone off, but I too am a little disillusioned by the career. After flight school in the Army in 1990, misc aviation jobs, ASA since 97, I find myself looking for security outside the cockpit.
In Sept of 2000 I made jet captain, was finishing up a long overdue BS from ERAU (extended campus). I told myself just one year in the left seat of the jet, I'd have the resume complete; military, school, 121 jet PIC, and save up a little cash for first year pay at a legacy. Then Sept 2001 came along and 19 *********s change my career, maybe my life forever.
For everyone that thinks that the regionals are a quick stepping stone the big leagues, think again. This industry has a loooonng history, of feast or famine. It's a gamble. A good one for some, and some cases just not worth it.
Stick