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chrisdahut1 · February 28th, 2003, 07:32

My aviation career is still in it's infancy, but I've thought of quitting many times already. Very nearly did quit in January. The low pay, long hours and and the feeling that your replacable at any given moment gets to you. Fortunetly, a group of our flight instructors got the call last month and were hired. Another one was hired yesterday (Out of a group of 15 instructors, to take 3 in a 1 month period is great!). All going off to fly RJs. That helps keep me motivated. Sometimes it can be easy to lose sight of my goal and just ponder on the negative aspects of my current job.

The way I see it though is if you want to fly for a living you have to be in a position where you can't even imagine yourself working another job. Thats one thing that kept me motivated- I may be a starving CFI, but at least I'm not working some boring desk job, known as "Chris in sales" (or something similar) and driving home in rush hour traffic everyday! Hell, I'd continue starving as a pro. pilot rather then fight rush hour traffic everyday of the week!

February 28th, 2003, 07:32	#9
chrisdahut1 Junior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Louisville, KY & Florida Posts: 268	Re: Lost the love? My aviation career is still in it's infancy, but I've thought of quitting many times already. Very nearly did quit in January. The low pay, long hours and and the feeling that your replacable at any given moment gets to you. Fortunetly, a group of our flight instructors got the call last month and were hired. Another one was hired yesterday (Out of a group of 15 instructors, to take 3 in a 1 month period is great!). All going off to fly RJs. That helps keep me motivated. Sometimes it can be easy to lose sight of my goal and just ponder on the negative aspects of my current job. The way I see it though is if you want to fly for a living you have to be in a position where you can't even imagine yourself working another job. Thats one thing that kept me motivated- I may be a starving CFI, but at least I'm not working some boring desk job, known as "Chris in sales" (or something similar) and driving home in rush hour traffic everyday! Hell, I'd continue starving as a pro. pilot rather then fight rush hour traffic everyday of the week!