Originally Posted by Sideshow Bob (Post 254966)

Thanks...I'm glad too. This was my fifth airline, and after layoff from a "legacy in '90 I stopped thinking like a pilot regarding carrier choices (based on lots of often irrelevant factors in the big picture) and started thinking like an accountant, looking at the core business. If it was obvious to me, it couldn't be that difficult. Since the 60's there has been a "crash" of one sort or another on average every ten years for one reason or another in the passenger biz. The unfortunate truth of it is that due to the seniority system the trick is to be on the proper side of the passing wave, which is largely luck. I have friends at legacies who while suffering pay cuts are still there, with good B-plans, medical and other benefits that you don't have, plus they all have very profitable business' in real estate, etal. They work less than most cubicle monkeys and aren't deep fried in resentment like you. How insane is it to out of one side of your mouth say it sucks, but just can't walk away from it like a man...very twisted. I had friends at USAir who got out, make great money in other industries and are happy. Others went to FedEX, UPS and Southwest and are happy. You on the other hand are obviously miserable, and say that you'd go to a low paying start-up if it was based next door...very twisted. To top it off you now try to sell yourself as a Mother Teresa or Ralph Nader to justify your bitter self-loathing and resentment of those who just can't seem to be as miserable as you. You're no crusader, you're a self ordanied martyr, and a bad one at that. Real martyrs nowadays blow themselves up...get with the program.

Originally Posted by SkyHigh (Post 254948)

No matter what there are fewer and fewer good jobs to be had every year. The fact is that most will not make it to a good major. Most will not have a good working situation. Most will suffer a miserible career as mentioned in the web site this thread is dedicated to.

A successful pilot career needs luck, determination and strong internal contacts. Keeping your eye on the ball has lead to plenty of accidental regional careers. I do not and never have wanted a regional or corporate career. I don't like the odds and have choosen to take circumstances into my own hands and have been able to achieve an even better life than I was hoping for as a pilot.

SkyHigh

Originally Posted by SkyHigh (Post 254950)

I honestly feel like I am saving lives.

SKyHigh

Originally Posted by SkyHigh (Post 254958)

A successful stragety is to purse aviation as a hobby job. Even now most who are able to hang on have some sort of external support like a spouse with a good job, retirement from a former career or parents who bankroll their airline offsprings lifestye.



SkyHigh

Originally Posted by Sideshow Bob (Post 254966)

Thanks...I'm glad too. This was my fifth airline, and after layoff from a "legacy in '90 I stopped thinking like a pilot regarding carrier choices (based on lots of often irrelevant factors in the big picture) and started thinking like an accountant, looking at the core business. If it was obvious to me, it couldn't be that difficult. Since the 60's there has been a "crash" of one sort or another on average every ten years for one reason or another in the passenger biz. The unfortunate truth of it is that due to the seniority system the trick is to be on the proper side of the passing wave, which is largely luck. I have friends at legacies who while suffering pay cuts are still there, with good B-plans, medical and other benefits that you don't have, plus they all have very profitable business' in real estate, etal. They work less than most cubicle monkeys and aren't deep fried in resentment like you. How insane is it to out of one side of your mouth say it sucks, but just can't walk away from it like a man...very twisted. I had friends at USAir who got out, make great money in other industries and are happy. Others went to FedEX, UPS and Southwest and are happy. You on the other hand are obviously miserable, and say that you'd go to a low paying start-up if it was based next door...very twisted. To top it off you now try to sell yourself as a Mother Teresa or Ralph Nader to justify your bitter self-loathing and resentment of those who just can't seem to be as miserable as you. You're no crusader, you're a self ordanied martyr, and a bad one at that. Real martyrs nowadays blow themselves up...get with the program.

Originally Posted by StillInstructin (Post 255034)

Man, this post had the potential to be a really informative post. Then skyhigh touched it.

Originally Posted by de727ups (Post 255064)

If Skyhigh was really interested in "saving lives" from the career, he'd be at Jetcareers, not the APC regional forums.