Hey ?
06-16-2006, 04:29 AM
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Originally Posted by SkyHigh
Hey? Flying is great !! So why doesn't everyone do it?
SkyHigh
SkyHigh
The Hey with the question mark threw me off a bit and confused me, i started reading and then thought to myself...how do i answer this? It must be an insider thing and i am not in the circle of trust.
I thought i understood you skyhigh, ive been following you and saw your post to be a winner, and so WAM! I became a winner and thought i was on the right track..Now i see this and i am lost again
But i do agree that flying is great so that puts me 1/3rd of the way in the circle, so maybe i am just in the semi circle of trust
06-16-2006, 04:48 AM
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Circle
Welcome to the circle. I just remember thinking fifteen years or so ago that flying was so wonderful that I couldn't figure out why everyone didn't want to be an airline pilot? Perhaps, I thought, the rest of the world were masochists or possibly they couldn't get a medical. Sad.
SKyHigh
Keep your eyes to the sky !! Flying is great !!!
SKyHigh
Keep your eyes to the sky !! Flying is great !!!
06-16-2006, 04:57 AM
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I have no problems with SkyHigh at all..i just figured one interesting post deserved another.
SkyHigh,
I understand that you no longer fly because you do not feel it is a lucrative career which i will not argue with, although i will still pursue it because i suppose i feel i am in as good a position as any to attempt it. I guess i have nothing to lose. I have an education, military background, money in the bank and a wife that makes great money. I suppose that like many others i will feel that i may have missed something if i never try. I have alot of options out there besides aviation that are not on a timeline and will be there for me if flying does not work out. As of now i am not considering the left seat of a tripple 7 as my definition of making it. I am more along the lines i guess of just sometime in the next 5 or so years find my way to around 60k per year to at least approach matching my wifes income and being happy. Whether that is flying for a hometown outfit like Linear in a Caravan or their new VLJ or flying for Wiggins in their Beech's or just hitting the regionals and staying there, I am not sure.
My question to you is..Do you still fly or have a love for flying or was that washed away from your experiences in the industry? I know you no longer fly for a profession but do you still fly for a hobby?
SkyHigh,
I understand that you no longer fly because you do not feel it is a lucrative career which i will not argue with, although i will still pursue it because i suppose i feel i am in as good a position as any to attempt it. I guess i have nothing to lose. I have an education, military background, money in the bank and a wife that makes great money. I suppose that like many others i will feel that i may have missed something if i never try. I have alot of options out there besides aviation that are not on a timeline and will be there for me if flying does not work out. As of now i am not considering the left seat of a tripple 7 as my definition of making it. I am more along the lines i guess of just sometime in the next 5 or so years find my way to around 60k per year to at least approach matching my wifes income and being happy. Whether that is flying for a hometown outfit like Linear in a Caravan or their new VLJ or flying for Wiggins in their Beech's or just hitting the regionals and staying there, I am not sure.
My question to you is..Do you still fly or have a love for flying or was that washed away from your experiences in the industry? I know you no longer fly for a profession but do you still fly for a hobby?
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06-16-2006, 05:18 AM
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Hmmm welll lets see. Some of us set out to do it all of our careers, but got repeatedly furloughed, company goes Chapter 11, Company go out of business, Company failed to make payroll all together, furloughed again, Company offer you a job at one of their regionals, Regional Weenie Chief Pilots push you to break regs like their college age lackeys do etc etc etc.
At some point in time you say F*ck it. Time for a real job with stability.
Thats why not everyone flys.
At some point in time you say F*ck it. Time for a real job with stability.
Thats why not everyone flys.
06-16-2006, 05:26 AM
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Originally Posted by usmc-sgt
I have no problems with SkyHigh at all..i just figured one interesting post deserved another.
SkyHigh,
I understand that you no longer fly because you do not feel it is a lucrative career which i will not argue with, although i will still pursue it because i suppose i feel i am in as good a position as any to attempt it. I guess i have nothing to lose. I have an education, military background, money in the bank and a wife that makes great money. I suppose that like many others i will feel that i may have missed something if i never try. I have alot of options out there besides aviation that are not on a timeline and will be there for me if flying does not work out. As of now i am not considering the left seat of a tripple 7 as my definition of making it. I am more along the lines i guess of just sometime in the next 5 or so years find my way to around 60k per year to at least approach matching my wifes income and being happy. Whether that is flying for a hometown outfit like Linear in a Caravan or their new VLJ or flying for Wiggins in their Beech's or just hitting the regionals and staying there, I am not sure.
My question to you is..Do you still fly or have a love for flying or was that washed away from your experiences in the industry? I know you no longer fly for a profession but do you still fly for a hobby?
SkyHigh,
I understand that you no longer fly because you do not feel it is a lucrative career which i will not argue with, although i will still pursue it because i suppose i feel i am in as good a position as any to attempt it. I guess i have nothing to lose. I have an education, military background, money in the bank and a wife that makes great money. I suppose that like many others i will feel that i may have missed something if i never try. I have alot of options out there besides aviation that are not on a timeline and will be there for me if flying does not work out. As of now i am not considering the left seat of a tripple 7 as my definition of making it. I am more along the lines i guess of just sometime in the next 5 or so years find my way to around 60k per year to at least approach matching my wifes income and being happy. Whether that is flying for a hometown outfit like Linear in a Caravan or their new VLJ or flying for Wiggins in their Beech's or just hitting the regionals and staying there, I am not sure.
My question to you is..Do you still fly or have a love for flying or was that washed away from your experiences in the industry? I know you no longer fly for a profession but do you still fly for a hobby?
Dear USMC,
I love aviation. That is why I haunt this forum. I started at 14 learning to fly and had a broad career. At 36 I was working as a FO in a 757 when my employer shut down. My family and I had endured so many years of financial hardship by that point that we had to leave our home and were reduced to living in a two bedroom apartment. At that time we had two sons and one on the way (now we have four). There simply was and is no way for me to support them as a new hire at most companies.
In addition we had bounced around the country and were tired and homesick. I own an airplane and haven't been able to bring myself to sit in it for years. I have lost so much to aviation that it is difficult to get excited about it anymore. Every time I look at my plane I remember killed friends and wasted years. At one time it was my pride and joy I flew it all over the western US and Alaska and now it is for sale.
By 36 the writing was on the wall that the sun was setting on my chances. When 911 hit the door closed on me for good. I would love to return to flying someday. Perhaps after a few years I will be able to. Just yesterday I put all my flying equipment into long storage in the attic. You guys here are all that I have left of a two decade aviation career.
Thank you for your service to our country and if you are in Iraq you have all my support and best wishes. I hope everyone is able to come home soon.
SkyHigh
Keep your eyes on the sky.
06-16-2006, 05:31 AM
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Originally Posted by IronWalt
Hmmm welll lets see. Some of us set out to do it all of our careers, but got repeatedly furloughed, company goes Chapter 11, Company go out of business, Company failed to make payroll all together, furloughed again, Company offer you a job at one of their regionals, Regional Weenie Chief Pilots push you to break regs like their college age lackeys do etc etc etc.
At some point in time you say F*ck it. Time for a real job with stability.
Thats why not everyone flys.
At some point in time you say F*ck it. Time for a real job with stability.
Thats why not everyone flys.
SkyHigh
Keep your eyes on the sky !
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