After about 6 months it's just a job, becomes routine, and indeed extremely boring. Everything is very rote, rehearsed, and repetitive. It's a cubical with a changing view. We are corporate drones, just like all the other office sheep. We like to think we are different, but really it's not all that dissimilar.

 

Well, go back to your cubicle then. It's obviously not for you.

 

And management sits there and says "I can't believe we pay them so little and they still do this!"

I know what you mean though.

 

It's amusing that critics of this profession are often told to "get out", while those who come in starry-eyed and excited to do the job are often degraded and accused of having "SJS".

 

What's your point? If he/she thinks it's so bad, then he/she can leave. They're clearly so miserable to the point where they talk it down, it's time to move on.

 

I'm simply finding humor in how incredibly bipolar the issue is around here.

 

Some days it is a job, other days it isn't. Like many said it is what you make of it.

For me, most days are fun. Other days not so much. I am still getting used to the being a CA, so that continues to make it exciting.

Biggest factor for me: if I'm tired. If I'm well rested, I am enjoying myself all leg, every leg. If I'm tired, then each leg is a battle, and I can't wait to get to the hotel/home/sit to catch a nap.

Overall, I love the job, and would want to do any thing else...well except work a little less and get paid a little more, but in time that will come.

 

I tend to enjoy the short hops more. They keep you busy, flying the departure, checklists, etc., then having to start getting ready for the arrival, making in range calls, setting up for the approach, checking ATIS, etc. Not so much time to get bored. I don't know how the long haul guys do it. A 2 hour leg starts to drag on and on, I can't imagine a 10 + hour international flight.

I like dodging thunderstorms (staying away at a safe distance of course). Flying in the clouds and being eye level with the weather gives you such a different perspective. From down on the ground, clouds and such all look pretty one dimensional to me. But flying around up in them brings them to life. And passing a big cell at night and watching the amazing light shows is awesome.

Yeah, it can get boring like any other job, but hands down, we have the office with the best view. Ain't no multi-billionaire corner office executive that can match it.

 

the long legs are boring, i prefer the short 30-40 min hops we often do out of pdx. i'm still enjoying it though. don't want to do anything else. dodging clouds or aiming to skim the tops is fun.

 

That's a tough call. I've been experiementing with 900 flying for a few months...the long legs are nice in that you fly 1-2, or maybe 3 legs per day and have a lot more energy to work out and go out at the end of the day.

The shorter legs are fun in that you are flying into smaller fields and have more discretion as to how you do business...but 4-6 legs will suck the life out of you. I've found that most of the hard work is done on the ground...multiple turns, especially with swaps, is a lot more work than fewer turns, even if block time is equal.