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Old 12-29-2007 | 07:15 PM
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Shouldn't someone be on here by now complaining about people who just do this for fun? Accepting the substandard pay and dragging the "professionals" down just because they want to follow a dream?
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Old 12-29-2007 | 07:16 PM
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I have 562 hours - 431 PIC - 332 multi - but only 17.5 of actual IFR. I need to get a commercial and do an IPC....
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Old 12-29-2007 | 07:19 PM
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Originally Posted by SharkAir
Shouldn't someone be on here by now complaining about people who just do this for fun? Accepting the substandard pay and dragging the "professionals" down just because they want to follow a dream?
I hear ya, like the guys that say the low pay at Colgan is ok because their wives have a good job blah blah blah............

I can't believe the Giants blew this game.......................
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Old 12-29-2007 | 07:21 PM
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We had a 58 year old guy start on 11-27-07 S5 class, before the age 65 rule passed. His birthday is in January too. If the age 65 rule didn't pass, he would owe the company money.
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Old 12-29-2007 | 07:24 PM
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Originally Posted by SharkAir
Shouldn't someone be on here by now complaining about people who just do this for fun? Accepting the substandard pay and dragging the "professionals" down just because they want to follow a dream?
Sorry, but what makes you think that I, or others like me, wouldn't be professionals. Trust me after being in the corporate world for 25 years doing a job that you like and consider "fun" would be a breath of fresh air.
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Old 12-29-2007 | 07:27 PM
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Originally Posted by SAABaroowski
I hear ya, like the guys that say the low pay at Colgan is ok because their wives have a good job blah blah blah............

I can't believe the Giants blew this game.......................
The giants did not blow the game, brady and the pats won it.
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Old 12-29-2007 | 07:28 PM
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Originally Posted by SAABaroowski
I can't believe the Giants blew this game.......................

giants "ray finkled" this game! nice throw manning
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Old 12-29-2007 | 07:30 PM
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I read a lot of the back and forth on the site to learn about the vocation that is being an airline pilot. I too will be retiring from my "first" career at 46 years old and will be looking into avaition as a "second" career. Best of luck and keep the rest of us up to date on how it goes with your new career.
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Old 12-29-2007 | 07:32 PM
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Don't talk about my Raiders. I know, I know. I still love 'em.
Anyways, Over40 go for it. I'd rather make little money with a job I enjoy, than have a career I hate with a lot of money. I right now happen to have a job I hate, that doesn't pay squat. It's enough for my bills, tuition, and flight training.
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Old 12-29-2007 | 07:41 PM
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to contribute to this thread my initial class had one guy who was 46 years old (quit 2 days before the checkride) and one guy who was 40
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