In any case, if you are big it is difficult to fit into a Cessna 152, Learjet, ect....

SkyHigh

 

yeah, I couldn't fit in a 152
At least not with my instructor...
At least I can stand up straight in an RJ

 

The test is if you can reach the circuit breaker panel behind you or pump handle on the floor without leaving your seat. The bigger guys have extreme difficulty sometimes.

Skyhigh

 

Well...I'm big as in big and athletic...
not big and plumpy, my friend

 

And sky...I just went through your profile....
You flew a lot of airplanes I would love to fly...
Seriously....
what happend that made you turn your back on aviation...

 

Thick arms and stiff tendons are the problem. There are plenty of skinny limbed fatties and they do fine.

SkyHigh

 

Well...
I'm no Ronnie Coleman...
Plus I fit fine in the sim...
Hopefully I won't gain any weight...
as you stated that life as a pilot, I wont have time to workout and I'll end
up like the F/A....

 

Aviation killed or ruined most of my best friends and kicked me to the curb to many times. I spent 20 years watching and studying aviation and have concluded for myself that there really is little hope for a better future.

It is easy to put ones head in the sand and hope things were different but as a father and man who wishes life success over all else I had to take off the rose colored glasses and see my career for what it is.

I do not wish to be a part of something that is on the death spiral. Adapt or die.

SkyHigh

 

Well...
If aviation is going down, is already down, or went down yestarday, I still would love to fly...in the airlines...despite, like all of you said, management screwing you after you've been screwed.
I'm not trying to be the good boy soldier here....but...I believe that no one can just walk away from something they've been in for over 20 years...or have always dreamed of doing...
If it's bad....like you said...you adapt....you overcome....you improvise

 

i believe it was improvise, adapt and overcome...but neway. Shane, i'd get yourself through training before you make the "glorious days" spiel, the job isn't bad, but it's not the same dream you were probably dreaming...this you'll probably understand once the "wow, i'm flying a jet" wears off.

Skyhigh, we all know that this industry destroyed you, and your brothers...or, you could look at it a different way. This industry made you, made you into what you are. Now, that could either be a man who's ecstatic about controlling his own destiny and his current/future earning potential, or...a man who's broken because he dreams nightly of flying, and hasn't been able to quench that yet.

Dreams and responsibilities are two separate things. It isn't however, impossible for a person to live their dream and do so responsibly. In the two income families of today, a person doesn't need to make $150k to be successful. If a person was content at the regional levels 90% of them will allow you to max at 100k+ or at least very close to it. And for a person who got into that in their early 20's, that would put them there by the time they're forty, and still have 20(25) years left of it, and at the most crucial times (college for your kids).

Also, i'm sure your kids (skyhigh) like having a safe car, a nice house, health insurance, etc. But i bet they don't know it. Heck, if the electricity isn't cutting out, the car doesn't break down on the way to the grocery store, and they're not dying of disease, then most kids will be very happy. Whether you're in a Bentley, or a Chevy Aveo, but would you?