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Old 07-08-2006, 10:20 AM
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Originally Posted by GauleyPilot
they can go from zero time to 777 capt. in 8 months
..I cant make it to the left seat of a triple 7 in 8 months?! Great....back to the drawing board.


I am with most of you on the SkyHigh issue. As a new comer with low hours and high asperations he has been nothing but helpful and informative and has never done anything but offered his oppinions, not merely pushed them upon others. He has alot to say and good, bad, or indifferent i welcome it and find it a breath of fresh air.
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Old 07-08-2006, 12:27 PM
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Originally Posted by CL65driver
Were you around when John Kerry's plane was parked over on that side? We did his ground service... what a crazy plane on the inside though!!!
OK lets hear about it!!
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Old 07-08-2006, 02:31 PM
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I'v seen my fair share of aviation drop-outs - they don't talk about it and move on to other things out of disgust...At least Skyhigh has the balls to offer his opinions - opinions he knows will not be liked by the masses on an aviation board...I enjoy flying as a PPL and will never forget my last CFI and his 6 years in the instruction business before giving up to become a cop...When I last spoke to him - he had a new dream (no longer SWA) - flying helos for the police...I wished him luck but wondered how someone can go from having SWA as a dream job to helo's for the police department as a dream job....Don't people have one dream job???

Oh well....Keep posting Skyhigh...

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Old 07-08-2006, 08:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Freightpuppy
Skyhigh,
If you are so happy being out of the business why do you consistently get on here and try to discourage people from pursuing this career?

I LOVE to fly, I have worked many other jobs including one as a nurse and I can't imagine doing anything else besides flying and truly being happy going to work every day. If you have the motivation, the funds (or another career) to pursue it, you should. And I was raised in a trailer park with a single mother who never made more than $30K a year in her life. I didn't have it just handed to me. I believe there are too many people that are not happy in life....there is no reason for people to NOT pursue something they love. Life is too short. You just have to be smart about it, work your a$$ off (which is something people today just DO NOT want to do....they want instant gratification) and make sure you have a back up plan.
Rok on, Freight. Respect your post.

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Old 07-08-2006, 08:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Cass
,my husband made about 110,000 as a senior instructor/examinor.He also had a slot for the 747-400 with KLM and was three months from that when he was killed in a midair.


Don't minimize your ability to keep flying after your horrific personal experience.

Geez.

Wish I could put in words what I felt when I read your above post.

But I can't.

All the best to you.

And if you're able to keep flying after your immense loss,

you need to be positioned in the left seat of a big plane.

Immediately, somewhere.

Some how.
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Old 07-08-2006, 08:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Freightpuppy
Skyhigh,
If you are so happy being out of the business why do you consistently get on here and try to discourage people from pursuing this career?

I LOVE to fly, I have worked many other jobs including one as a nurse and I can't imagine doing anything else besides flying and truly being happy going to work every day. If you have the motivation, the funds (or another career) to pursue it, you should. And I was raised in a trailer park with a single mother who never made more than $30K a year in her life. I didn't have it just handed to me. I believe there are too many people that are not happy in life....there is no reason for people to NOT pursue something they love. Life is too short. You just have to be smart about it, work your a$$ off (which is something people today just DO NOT want to do....they want instant gratification) and make sure you have a back up plan.
Thanks FP,

I appreciate your response. Is it possible to pursue something you "love" but not have it love you in return? Those of you who are comfortably at a nice major wrongly assume that there must be something wrong with Skyhigh. Perhaps he didn't try hard enough? Maybe he didn't love aviation enough? Always looking for the cause of the accident. What if there just isn't enough room for everyone? What if there just isn't enough room for most? I wasn't a military superstar with a strong military legacy. I didn't have an uncle at UPS. I was just a garden variety suburban white guy with few chances in the big world of network aviation.

I tried hard enough. I wasted enough time and money. Sometimes even our best efforts will not make dreams come true. At some point those with an interest in self preservation have to walk away. Skyhigh is here to remind everyone that it is better to be lucky than good in regards to aviation.

Sit smugly, if you wish, and think to yourself "I will not end up like skyhigh" then think again.

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Old 07-08-2006, 08:56 PM
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[QUOTE=jetproppilot]

Don't minimize your ability to keep flying after your horrific personal experience.

Geez.

Wish I could put in words what I felt when I read your above post.

But I can't.

All the best to you.

And if you're able to keep flying after your immense loss,

you need to be positioned in the left seat of a big plane.

Thanks my friend, I appreciate your sentiment. Idont know anymore what the future holds, but will do my best to rise above all that has happened and humbly realize that I am not the only one to go through these terrible events.
Rather, count my blessings, and consider my self blessed to have come through it. I would like to think of myself as an example for others in the same boat.Not to give up, the sun will shine again sooner or later......
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Old 07-09-2006, 11:42 AM
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Originally Posted by ryane946
My point is I love aviation. I have met hundreds of pilots in my life; all up and down the latter. I have never met a pilot who did not have a passion for aviation! If you are a pilot, and you don't have a passion for aviation, please post. Tell me. It will be the first I've heard.

No one is debating if they love flying or not. The question is will flying love you back. After such a huge investment it seems to me that the answer is increasingly becoming NO. There are many things in life that each of us enjoy. Perhaps we should choose one of them as an employment avenue and save flying for the weekends. Sooner or later each of us needs to make a living.

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