AIDS its real - Page 3

Kingairer · November 18th, 2006, 22:25

I agree with what you said up there for the most part. But word to the wise, being gone 18 days a month is far more of a real "lifestyle change" then getting used to one business trip a month.

sbe · November 19th, 2006, 19:35

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I agree with what you said up there for the most part. But word to the wise, being gone 18 days a month is far more of a real "lifestyle change" then getting used to one business trip a month.

Absolutely. Hence my belief that while one can say that their spouse/significant other "knew it was coming" when the other became involved in an airline or corporate career, you can't really know what it is going to be like, or how you will handle it, until you experience it firsthand.

I did experience it once when between the two of us were apart most of one month (if he wasn't traveling, I was)...it does kind of suck. My hat is off to all of you who adapt to it successfully!

Cruise · November 19th, 2006, 19:52

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Touchy? Naw, but thanks for playin'.

I was merely using your statement as a way to note that I DO see and hear that mentality all the time. If you reread the paragraph, nowhere does it address your post in particular other than borrowing your phrase - I simply used it as a springboard to discussing the idea of marriage being little more than a boyfriend/girlfriend relationship with (sometimes) a shared bank account.

If I had taken offense to what you had written, I would have quoted you directly, addressed you directly, or flat out said so.

Sarah

Ok then, no harm, no foul....I saw "my" words in your statement, but it's all good...........

On w/ our regularly scheduled (ex)partner bashing........

jtrain609 · November 21st, 2006, 00:21

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Absolutely. Hence my belief that while one can say that their spouse/significant other "knew it was coming" when the other became involved in an airline or corporate career, you can't really know what it is going to be like, or how you will handle it, until you experience it firsthand.

You ain't joking! 8 days days off a month while on reserve doesn't sound TOO horrible until you're commuting to it and it turns into 3 days off a month. Now THAT is some rough stuff to deal with, I've found out.

zmiller4 · November 21st, 2006, 10:37

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You ain't joking! 8 days days off a month while on reserve doesn't sound TOO horrible until you're commuting to it and it turns into 3 days off a month. Now THAT is some rough stuff to deal with, I've found out.

It's true. Commuting to reserve=generally no bueno. But if you find ways to stick it out, it's that much more badass when December bids come in and you find out that you're getting based in your home city with a line that's got 15 days off. That makes things much mo betta.

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CAPT eh? That's a good program, espically for a kid his age. He'll go far, and with good luck spend the rest of his career at Skywest. Just think about how cool it'll be for him to fly A JET!

Unnecessary cheap shot at an airline that's putting almost no one without prior 121 experience in a jet. Why be like that?