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Chris_Ford · September 9th, 2005, 01:16

While I am not quite the "Experienced pilot in the airline"... I will let you the original poster know that, the saying on the board is right. At first it's a blast, but eventually it's a job, and quality of life takes the cake. Everything is really neat at first, but once you start flying 8 hrs a day for x days a week, doing the same thing, it'll seem tedious. Of course, you'll have those zen moments (See Lloyd's thread [I think it was Lloyd's, at least]), but there will also be those days when you'll just sort of grind through it.

So, in summation: flying as a whole is fun, and is better than, say, an office job, but it's still a job. If it was all fun and games, they wouldn't pay you to do it

September 9th, 2005, 01:16	#18
Chris_Ford Banned Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 7,329	Re: Question for experienced pilots in the airlines...... While I am not quite the "Experienced pilot in the airline"... I will let you the original poster know that, the saying on the board is right. At first it's a blast, but eventually it's a job, and quality of life takes the cake. Everything is really neat at first, but once you start flying 8 hrs a day for x days a week, doing the same thing, it'll seem tedious. Of course, you'll have those zen moments (See Lloyd's thread [I think it was Lloyd's, at least]), but there will also be those days when you'll just sort of grind through it. So, in summation: flying as a whole is fun, and is better than, say, an office job, but it's still a job. If it was all fun and games, they wouldn't pay you to do it