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Originally Posted by MaxBurn  I'm new to this site, what a goldmine of information
Jack, I feel you my man. We work for the same company but I've too become tired of (job/IT). I'm 39, soon to be 40 in Jan but I have to flying bug. You wanna know the worse thing, I've recently moved to the Dallas/Fort-worth area, right by the DFW airport and it kills me to watch planes come in and not be a part of that. I refuse to give up! I kick myself for not taking the plunge earlier but years ago when I considered it I couldn't justify spending the money for the training, plus Omaha,NE isn't a good learning location.
I have my wife behind me, she's a flight attendant for AA but I don't think she understands what I'm about to get into. She just says "Babe, if you don't do it now you'll kick yourself later" and I will. I will will lose a considerable amount of money in pay, but I figure its like this. If someone pays your x amount to fly their multi-million dollar Ferrari who cares. If you like to be in the clouds, watching the mountains below who cares.
The other thing is, major isn't your only option. There's also corporate and others.
I have a friend who flys for a corporate airline company in DC, he lives in DFW and fly charters on the side. Makes some nice change doing that. I'm gonna do everything possible to put my new career path together. Thanks to this great site I found more inside information about the interview process. It helps to have multiple views.
On last thing Jack, on your death bed (god willing it will be a long time from now), I hope you can say that you've done everything you wanted to do in your life. |
Hi Maxburn,
I too live by our International Airport here in Calgary, so I feel yer pain
I'm glad you mentioned you work for IBM too, because you know how hard this is, IBM is a great company, and it will be hard to walk away from it.. so someone else in the 'exact' same position, does lend some specialized support
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Originally Posted by MaxBurn ... If someone pays your x amount to fly their multi-million dollar Ferrari who cares. If you like to be in the clouds, watching the mountains below who cares... |
I liked this, because it does put things into perspective.... My biggest trouble is that I CAN imagine this... I get that excited tingling feeling of childlike anticipation in my stomach and chest when I visualize that view from my future office in the clouds...
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Originally Posted by MaxBurn ...major isn't your only option. There's also corporate and others... |
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I've thought about this too.... but I think (at this time) that flying a jet would be much more achievable in the short term at a regional than a corporate, given the low hours I'd be starting with. Although I'd love to drive a Lear or some such beauty for a living, and be home eating dinner everynight, and happy to do it for less than that high paying role at the Majors, should I even have a hope of ever getting there....
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Originally Posted by MaxBurn ... On last thing Jack, on your death bed (god willing it will be a long time from now), I hope you can say that you've done everything you wanted to do in your life. |
I hear ya on this... although I've got quite a list of things I want to do...
- I doubt I'll get them all knocked off, but this one is MAJOR item my life, so yes, I understand your comment and agree - I already have that thought, what if I don't follow through on this... what if I don't make it.. what if I suck out of this and stay on the safe path... what if what if what if.... Well, at least my kids would eat off my coin today... today... When the next down turn in IT comes, I could be jobless anyway !
Cheers.