jetcareers - View Single Post - Do I really Want to Fly for the Airlines???

skydog · October 11th, 2006, 10:42

You love to fly and you love to travel. Do you love to travel while flying?

Think about it. It is one thing to jump in your airplane and go buzzing around for the afternoon. Great Fun.

It's also great to take the occasional business or vaction trip. Stay in a nice hotel for a few days, enjoy the sights, eat some different food perhaps.

Now consider this. It's December 23rd. You get your a$$ out of bed at 4AM to make a 530 show time at the airport. Fly 5 or 6 or 7 seven legs in a 14 hour duty day where, if you were lucky, you had enough time to go grab some lousy airport food and cram it down between flights. Get to your overnight station at 10P. Finally make it to the hotel by 11PM only to find that all there is not food available because the restaurants are closed. get about 6 or 7 hours of sleep, then get up and do it all over again. For the next 3 days.

Now imaging doing that every week for the next 20 or 25 years.

Still sound like fun?

My advice: Stay with the restaurant, or go with the job. Keep your airplane and fly for fun when you want to and where you want to.

October 11th, 2006, 10:42	#10
skydog Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 493	Re: Do I really Want to Fly for the Airlines??? You love to fly and you love to travel. Do you love to travel while flying? Think about it. It is one thing to jump in your airplane and go buzzing around for the afternoon. Great Fun. It's also great to take the occasional business or vaction trip. Stay in a nice hotel for a few days, enjoy the sights, eat some different food perhaps. Now consider this. It's December 23rd. You get your a$$ out of bed at 4AM to make a 530 show time at the airport. Fly 5 or 6 or 7 seven legs in a 14 hour duty day where, if you were lucky, you had enough time to go grab some lousy airport food and cram it down between flights. Get to your overnight station at 10P. Finally make it to the hotel by 11PM only to find that all there is not food available because the restaurants are closed. get about 6 or 7 hours of sleep, then get up and do it all over again. For the next 3 days. Now imaging doing that every week for the next 20 or 25 years. Still sound like fun? My advice: Stay with the restaurant, or go with the job. Keep your airplane and fly for fun when you want to and where you want to.