Would you recommend being a Pilot?
10-09-2014 | 11:50 AM
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10-10-2014 | 11:51 AM
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I often have this conversation with kids that see me in my uniform while I'm going home, I always tell them to get a real job and fly for fun. AVOID airlines! Once I tell them what this job is really about, they agree with me.
10-11-2014 | 09:30 PM
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10-12-2014 | 09:48 AM
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I would not recommend it because it is not a lifestyle which many could withstand for long. Most folks, as I have seen, seek pathways to making easy loads of cash, or ways of banging as many chicks as they can. It takes someone who loves aircraft and the sacrifices of travel to cherish a career of this ilk. Which is all right, because to each his own. My love of airplanes and flying, to expand my knowledge of how the world works is what has empowered me to stick to the course of flying for a living, and without that love, I would not have been able to overcome the struggles of it...or the struggles to come. Those who are in this game so that they will become rich, will quickly exit this game. That said, I do endeavor to help out any folks that want to become pilots by proffering them truthful and honest advice about how such a career as this one could be fitting for them. We only have one life, and I and others here have chosen to tread down this path. Who am I to dissuade someone from treading it as well if that is how he/she choose to walk it so?
10-12-2014 | 12:40 PM
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To the OP:
There are a couple of common themes that make their way through the threads on any aviation website, including this one: first, try to do this debt-free or as close to it as you can get, and second, the folks who have made a career switch from something else to flying tend to be more appreciative of what the airline lifestyle has to offer.
There are a lot of highs and lows, it's a very dynamic industry, and a lot of things can go wrong...but a lot of things can go right. In the end, it's a gamble, and I think that's what upsets a lot of the folks on here. They feel like they placed a [huge] bet, and lost.
There are a couple of common themes that make their way through the threads on any aviation website, including this one: first, try to do this debt-free or as close to it as you can get, and second, the folks who have made a career switch from something else to flying tend to be more appreciative of what the airline lifestyle has to offer.
There are a lot of highs and lows, it's a very dynamic industry, and a lot of things can go wrong...but a lot of things can go right. In the end, it's a gamble, and I think that's what upsets a lot of the folks on here. They feel like they placed a [huge] bet, and lost.
10-12-2014 | 01:03 PM
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I've said it before OnCenterline, you seem to be spot on with the trends and what's in people's minds within this career in my opinion. I fully am aware of my "gamble" but I just wanna fly period. I think about it at least a couple times a day and was in airplanes since I was 6 months old. I have a college degree, several lucrative job offers and none appeal to me because I want to be the guy FLYING THE PLANE. (I got an offer from Boeing)
10-12-2014 | 01:07 PM
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No kidding, Boeing is a great company to work for, benefits, job rotation, education growth, etc. I'm sure most of the places boeing would be at you'd be able to find a place to fly too.
10-12-2014 | 01:08 PM
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