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Originally Posted by calcapt
Sky:
We knew it was only a matter of time until you made your gloom deposit here. I acknowledge that the airline environment today is different than it was yesterday: likewise, tomorrow will surely be different than today. The truth is, it is a dynamic industry that like the ocean has ebbs and tides. A sailor who sails the oceans has to accept both and be able to adapt for that is what defines a great sailor.
The environment that most of us seasoned guys were hired in was different, but not significantly easier. Had I adopted and embraced your advice back in the day when I was clawing myself through the system, I would surely be doing something else as a career. I would be gazing up at airliners as they flew over instead of flying them.
As much as I like you Sky, I am glad that you and this forum weren't around in my more impressionable days.
Calcapt,
In life if we choose to climb mountains we can only carry ourselves to the top.
Only time will tell the price of what you have sacrificed to be where you are. We can have anything in life that we want , but not everything. There are no free lunches. I once stood at the edge myself and gazed upon the abyss, the point where had I gone further I would have begun to loose things that were very valuable to me.
I was able to gave up my dream and have gained much more in return. Often in a restaurant I catch the scent of a freshly lit cigarette and instantly my instincts draw me to wanting one myself. Reason and an interest in self preservation and happiness keep me away. The most seductive things in life are usually the most deadly.
I wouldn't call my inputs here as doom but logic and reason. Occasionally I will snap my head up when a plane passes by but then I remember and quickly return to my better senses.
SkyHigh
In addition It would be my honor to buy you a giant tanqueray and tonic, and a huge steak someday.
I enjoy our debates and have always considered you as a friend.