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03-22-2021, 03:38 PM
#121
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Sep 2006
Posts: 1,750
Being an airline pilot isn’t only a job. It’s a whole lifestyle commitment. We all know that by now, right? I would have thought we would have had that figured out by the time our first ever paycheck cleared. If you don’t want it, leave. I say that with no malice.
Last summer we were offered an amazing opportunity to step off this BS lifestyle and to get generously paid to do so. Hundreds took it. I nearly took it even though I’ve only been here 4 years. I’m 54 and this job has cost me a lot. But generally I like it and, most importantly, I knew what I was signing on to when I took my first airline job a long time ago.
It’s not like we didn’t know what we were signing up for, is it?
Life is too short to be miserable and odds are if you’re miserable at work you’re miserable to work with. Find a new path but don’t let your misery seep through to your co-workers.
I don’t want to hear about hating being on the road when being on the road is exactly what being an airline pilot is. It is, by definition, a vagabond lifestyle. Don’t want it? Find something new. I know many who have and I don’t believe any regret it.
Last summer we were offered an amazing opportunity to step off this BS lifestyle and to get generously paid to do so. Hundreds took it. I nearly took it even though I’ve only been here 4 years. I’m 54 and this job has cost me a lot. But generally I like it and, most importantly, I knew what I was signing on to when I took my first airline job a long time ago.
It’s not like we didn’t know what we were signing up for, is it?
Life is too short to be miserable and odds are if you’re miserable at work you’re miserable to work with. Find a new path but don’t let your misery seep through to your co-workers.
I don’t want to hear about hating being on the road when being on the road is exactly what being an airline pilot is. It is, by definition, a vagabond lifestyle. Don’t want it? Find something new. I know many who have and I don’t believe any regret it.
03-22-2021, 03:48 PM
#122
Banned
Joined APC: Jul 2017
Posts: 894
Being an airline pilot isn’t only a job. It’s a whole lifestyle commitment. We all know that by now, right? I would have thought we would have had that figured out by the time our first ever paycheck cleared. If you don’t want it, leave. I say that with no malice.
Last summer we were offered an amazing opportunity to step off this BS lifestyle and to get generously paid to do so. Hundreds took it. I nearly took it even though I’ve only been here 4 years. I’m 54 and this job has cost me a lot. But generally I like it and, most importantly, I knew what I was signing on to when I took my first airline job a long time ago.
It’s not like we didn’t know what we were signing up for, is it?
Life is too short to be miserable and odds are if you’re miserable at work you’re miserable to work with. Find a new path but don’t let your misery seep through to your co-workers.
I don’t want to hear about hating being on the road when being on the road is exactly what being an airline pilot is. It is, by definition, a vagabond lifestyle. Don’t want it? Find something new. I know many who have and I don’t believe any regret it.
Last summer we were offered an amazing opportunity to step off this BS lifestyle and to get generously paid to do so. Hundreds took it. I nearly took it even though I’ve only been here 4 years. I’m 54 and this job has cost me a lot. But generally I like it and, most importantly, I knew what I was signing on to when I took my first airline job a long time ago.
It’s not like we didn’t know what we were signing up for, is it?
Life is too short to be miserable and odds are if you’re miserable at work you’re miserable to work with. Find a new path but don’t let your misery seep through to your co-workers.
I don’t want to hear about hating being on the road when being on the road is exactly what being an airline pilot is. It is, by definition, a vagabond lifestyle. Don’t want it? Find something new. I know many who have and I don’t believe any regret it.
03-22-2021, 05:16 PM
#124
Furloughed Again?!
Joined APC: Aug 2007
Position: Boeing 737
Posts: 4,804
Been doing this for a living since 1996... 25 years for more airlines than I care to count. Still slinging gear in a 737. Still love it most of the time. There's nothing I'd rather do to earn a buck.
At this point there won't be any big expensive toys or lake homes before I retire. But I've always been able to keep food on the table and a roof over our heads. In this business, that ain't nothing.
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At this point there won't be any big expensive toys or lake homes before I retire. But I've always been able to keep food on the table and a roof over our heads. In this business, that ain't nothing.
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03-22-2021, 05:27 PM
#125
Banned
Joined APC: Jul 2017
Posts: 894
Been doing this for a living since 1996... 25 years for more airlines than I care to count. Still slinging gear in a 737. Still love it most of the time. There's nothing I'd rather do to earn a buck.
At this point there won't be any big expensive toys or lake homes before I retire. But I've always been able to keep food on the table and a roof over our heads. In this business, that ain't nothing.
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At this point there won't be any big expensive toys or lake homes before I retire. But I've always been able to keep food on the table and a roof over our heads. In this business, that ain't nothing.
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03-22-2021, 05:38 PM
#126
Furloughed Again?!
Joined APC: Aug 2007
Position: Boeing 737
Posts: 4,804
Maybe you are trolling after all...
My biggest fear is that my choices resulted in a poor quality of life for my family. Toys and McMansions don't factor in.
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03-22-2021, 06:06 PM
#127
Banned
Joined APC: Jul 2017
Posts: 894
I don’t have many family members and no dependents, so maybe it’s that our priorities are different. Still, thank you for sharing.
03-22-2021, 06:10 PM
#128
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Mar 2015
Posts: 1,153
Troll somewhere else.
And practice more....your game is weak.
03-22-2021, 06:11 PM
#129
Banned
Joined APC: Jul 2017
Posts: 894
03-22-2021, 06:39 PM
#130
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Mar 2017
Posts: 459
I wanted to be like my great-uncle who owns a warbird fighter and another plane he flies for fun. He's a lot older, but I want to live that lifestyle and maybe these days are different than the "golden age." I want to be successful and I feel like I'm so behind the people I emulate.
There is nothing worse in life than wanting something and not having it given to you.
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