It's great to accomplish a lot at a young age, but without the perspective to go along with it you can find yourself pretty unhappy or at best less happy than if it was a longer struggle. Knowing the high road entails knowing something of the low one too. In most cases it doesn't matter all that much but occasionally you see a burnout from a great job, or else a happy person doing a meager job. There is this old guy who tosses boxes on the ramp I frequent who is one of the happiest and apparently wisest people I have ever met. Eccentric for sure, but great perspective to be that happy.

That's nothing. Try a flight attendant, 0 time in Feb 2010 as student pilot, XJT FO, and then hired Delta end of 2013 and in class in 2014. 0 time to Delta Air Lines in 4 years. Now that's inpressive!

Sadly, some of the ones I've known that were on the "fast track" COMPLETELY lacked perspective. But I don't think they're up at night tossing and turing because they don't have a concept on how much of a "struggle" they should have endured. Many of them suffer from this "entitlement mentality" we hear so much about. Especially the ones that were hired mid 20's, NEVER upgraded nor signed for an airplane, whatever yet will tell you that that grueling 2-3 years as an RJ was the infamous "paying their dues".

For some reason, I'm pretty sure they sleep just fine at night. Thinking about how much more they're making than others, how much better their seniority will be at a young age, whatever. All while patting themselves on the back about how "hard they worked to get there". Running into some of them hired 2008 era that weren't furloughed sure seemed to whine a lot about how much it sucked to be stuck at the bottom of a seniority lest, not yet even 30 years old, on reserve, BUT STILL AT A LEGACY........

Before anybody flies off the handle, the keyword was "SOME".

Yeah, most likely being a female and smokin HOT didn't hurt either.

I did it in under 8. Would have been faster, but had to waste 4 years on that pesky degree. Also had to waste 2 years flying in the right seat of an rj waiting to upgrade. If it wasn't for those 2 things, could have did it in 2 years.

That's because you were acquired NOT hired by an airline that wasn't at the top of your list.

I'm sensing just a small drip of sarcasm. ;)

I know of girls hired at 26 in the last few years....

What about boys?

12 years flying for the Navy.
3+ years out in the "Real World"
Not even an email from a major.

What exactly am I doing wrong again?