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Originally Posted by Pilotdude3407
See...that is negative. Why would it wear off? I am going in there with the mindset I said earlier so what will happen that will make it so bad? That is what I have wanted to know for so long....What EXACTLY happens to people that make then complain so much about the job. Is it the pay?....you know that going in.....Is it how much they work you?....you should know that before you go in that they are going to work you to the bone.....Is is everyone around you complaining?....you might have something there...
And I am by no means trying to start a ****ing contest with anyone that has been there for more time than I have but why does everything have to be so bad.....You can call me crazy and having a young brain all you want but I am determined to have a better attitude than most people. CHEERS
Its the getting screwed by your company. Its the getting canceled, reassigned, extended, junior manned, etc etc. Its the getting to the hotel at 0300 and the company hasn't made the reservation yet. Its the getting to the hotel at 0300 and being told they are full and that you will need to find other accommodations. Its the working weekends while your friends are out partying. Its the missing out on big holidays and family events like Xmas, Thanksgiving, 4th of July, birthdays, anniversaries, etc.. Its the passengers b!tching to you about how YOU PERSONALLY ruined their trip, their life and their children's life even though you had nothing to do with their flight. Its the being ground stopped for 3 hours on the last leg of a 4 day with a guy in the cockpit you can't stand and then missing the last run of the show your girlfriend has been begging you to take her too for two months but you've been either too busy or too broke to get tickets.
Your job is NOT just flying airplanes. Once you have the cockpit door closed, the rest is easy and, at times, enjoyable. But for every hour you spend on the flight deck enjoying the hell out of the fact that you are flying a jet, you could potentially be spending 2 hours outside twiddling your thumbs, being b!tched at, working a mx problem, waiting for weather, having venom spewed at you by angry pax, etc. I could go on but I am depressing myself. Maybe it will take you 3 months, maybe 3 years, but it will happen. It will become a job. You'll stop saying "Golly gee! I get to go fly a big shiny jet airliner!!!" and start saying "Uggghh...I have to go to work..." And I work for one of the "better" regionals.