Are you married? - Page 3

TheWife · September 25th, 2003, 11:57

I am sorry that you are having a hard time. If you do want to talk about it, it might be good to get some of that stress off your mind!

Doug Taylor · September 25th, 2003, 15:24

Pretty simple, get her telephone number, don't call her back for a few weeks and hang out with her good looking friends.

She'll fall head over heels for ya!

Really.

outside_looking_in · September 25th, 2003, 22:00

[ QUOTE ]
I am sorry that you are having a hard time. If you do want to talk about it, it might be good to get some of that stress off your mind!

[/ QUOTE ]

I can't really say I'm having a hard time, it just has a funny way of affecting your pride sometimes. I mean, I see total losers walking around with beautiful, nice, and funny women. Here I am all together opposite of a loser with a great career in mind and it seems like the only ones that ever want to talk to me have MAJOR issues. I mean big time major issues too. The kind that usually leaves a mental scar for life. It just sucks, cause the way I was taught to treat girls is engrained into me. I cannot change the way I feel about respecting them. Just sometimes it seems like the wrong thing to do if it is the only thing that seems like is cutting your chances down.

fr8dog · September 25th, 2003, 22:17

I have been happily married to the most admirable and understanding wife (celebrated the 3rd anniversary last week)...
Let me share (not that most people care but since your curious and all.......)
I met her as a (poor) student on a loan (cheap) in beautiful San Diego CA.
After pasta/bread through school/CFI (she moved in quite quickly !). I got a job flying cargo (backside of clock lifestyle...harsh on others !!) in OHIO.....she had been all her life in sunny SD and she followed me (as newly wed) to OHIO...that's rainy/freezy/bory OHIO (no offense buckeye fans

). And two and half years still on the road 5 days a week and asleep most of the day when home......we are still most amazingly in love (and married)

I just announced her that i might take a commuter job since i can't really wait for the original plan (the industry being slow and all) and thus taking the nice 50% pay cut and 100% seniority cut that goes with it...............and she still talks to me ! I say I'm lucky, but it's just me !

ready2fly · September 26th, 2003, 09:08

Outside & flyChicaga - man, reading your posts brings back memories.... and makes me appreciate my wife SO much more than I did a few minutes ago.

I was a lot like you guys back in the day (coughcough*fouryearsago*cough). I had pretty much given up on the dating scene. The women I were attarcted to and/or friends with *said* they wanted to date gentlemen and not #######s... but, when a "nice guy" or a guy with even the slightest bit of class came along - they would turn their noses up at them.

To a woman - the female friends that I used to hang around with - married #######s. Two are already divorced and the other is too afraid to leave her husband.

BUT - I lucked out. I waited - and better said - WADED through all the *crap-in-a-skirt* human beings out there and found someone real. Someone who wasn't looking for Daddy Warbucks - for the big payday that they didn't earn, but felt that they were entitled to because they were "pretty".

They are out there. They are few and far between. The ones that say they "want a nice guy" are mostly lying to themselves because they then turn around and say that the nice guys aren't a "challenge" - whetever the hell that's supposed to mean.

[/babbling]
Bottom line - relax. Have fun. Don't look TOO hard and you'll bump into her sooner or later.

Hell - I was 35 when I met my wife. First date was on my 36th B-day... so.. good things DO come to those that wait.

Just my $0.02..... okay... $0.07.

R2F

TheWife · September 26th, 2003, 09:24

Yeah that!

Funny that you guys have problems finding nice girls cause all I hear about from the girls are not finding nice guys. There is someone out there for everyone, don't you woory about that!

Mike Lewis · September 26th, 2003, 14:56

[ QUOTE ]
Pretty simple, get her telephone number, don't call her back for a few weeks and hang out with her good looking friends.

She'll fall head over heels for ya!

Really.

[/ QUOTE ]

Now that I have a baby, you'd be amazed at how many girls go way out of their way to come find me and go gaga over the baby.

Dogs work too, but not as well as a baby.

Go find someone who just had a baby and ask to borrow it for a while. The parents get a nice break, and you have a conversation piece (think "chick beacon") to help attract women.

It works!

Just a tip from your Uncle Copa...

I_Money · September 26th, 2003, 15:17

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Now that I have a baby, you'd be amazed at how many girls go way out of their way to come find me and go gaga over the baby.

[/ QUOTE ]

Is it a boy?? Maybe he just inheritated your playboy tendancies Copa?

smokey1 · September 26th, 2003, 23:18

Advice:

You shouldn't need props to attract women, just a strong mouthpiece.1

Smokey

TheShortOne · September 28th, 2003, 14:20

as a self described "nice girl" i'm really glad i found the nice guy in John. He has his ######### moments like we all do, but we can keep a good banter going as well as a conversation, which is good when we live 100 miles apart. We've been together now for just over a year, and I couldn't be happier. Good things come to those who wait, and who knows, it might be the girl that pursues the guy (ahem...me)

But man, the postit with the phone number...good idea! you should try it! It can't hurt you...at worst she'll think you are a psycho stalker and whatnot, but that's ok,

there are other starbucks out there.

anyway, keep up with the faith that someone will come to you. I believe whole heartedly that everyone has their perfect match, its just a matter of finding him/her

Mike Lewis · September 28th, 2003, 15:09

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Now that I have a baby, you'd be amazed at how many girls go way out of their way to come find me and go gaga over the baby.

[/ QUOTE ]

Is it a boy?? Maybe he just inheritated your playboy tendancies Copa?

[/ QUOTE ]

Yeah, he got my "chick magnet" genes...

Athena · September 28th, 2003, 20:27

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Geez, I feel like an old man!

When I was in high school, a 16 year old looked like a 16 year old.

Now 16 year olds look like 30 year olds, sheesh!

[/ QUOTE ]

Damn that growth hormone injected dairy!!!!

Eagle · September 29th, 2003, 05:28

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Now that I have a baby, you'd be amazed at how many girls go way out of their way to come find me and go gaga over the baby.

[/ QUOTE ]

Between our dog and a wedding ring, it gets down right creepy sometimes.

I don't know (or care why) but getting hit on is about 10 times greater now than before I was married.

It *IS* a riot though when on a trip with a partner who is single and he is trying so hard to "meet" the women when we are out. and he is getting passed up.. (heheh thankfully I am a good boy and go back to my room alone)

So I guess my advice is if you want to meet women, get married..

Heh

Doug Taylor · September 29th, 2003, 07:42

Hmm, commercial venture ideas are abounding:

Rent-A-Ring, Inc

Rent-a-Schnauzer Corporation

and

BorrowABaby.com

Snow · September 29th, 2003, 08:37

ROFL oh that's a great one Doug!

Hey just out of interest, perhaps a question for all you ladies out there, how many women do you think would tollerate dating or marrying a pilot who's gone half the time? It's not as bad as being a Navy wife but it's still not the regualar 9-5 thing and I'm sure some girls couldn't handle it. Also is the devorce rate more due to the woman being sick of him being away all the time or is it the males doing somthing stupid on their trips away?

AnotherWife · September 29th, 2003, 09:00

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how many women do you think would tollerate dating or marrying a pilot who's gone half the time?

[/ QUOTE ] Heck, I'm looking forward to it! (JK

)

My hubbie has told me the same thing about his wedding ring, which just baffles me. As a woman, I can't imagine being attracted to someone who is already married. But, then again, I'm a nice girl -- maybe the ring just attracts hussies...

MQAAord · September 29th, 2003, 09:54

Being married to a pilot is great, when he's gone you have time to do the things you want to do that he doesn't enjoy, and the best thing is, you have the remote all to yourself!!

TheWife · September 29th, 2003, 09:56

[ QUOTE ]
how many women do you think would tollerate dating or marrying a pilot who's gone half the time? It's not as bad as being a Navy wife but it's still not the regualar 9-5 thing and I'm sure some girls couldn't handle it. Also is the devorce rate more due to the woman being sick of him being away all the time or is it the males doing somthing stupid on their trips away?

[/ QUOTE ] There were a few things that I didn't want in a husband and one of them was a military lifestyle or someone that would be working 70 hours a week. Marrying a pilot wasn't as big a deal. Being a pilot's wife will be hard, but it will have rewards, the most important one being that he is doing something that he loves so he will be less likely to be a miserable ass when he is home.

Time apart can also make the time you have together more, um, passionate. And when you think about people with 9-5 jobs, plus an hour or so of commute, plus a lot of them work at home, by the time they get home and eat dinner and wind down it's bed time. And Saturadys' are usually spent mowing and cleaning and such. So you really don't have any really good days together. I think we will get a lot more quality days together when he has 10 or so days in a row off. Plus I won't ever be working outside the home so my schedule will be open for when he is home.

Of course from what I hear there are 9-5 typs jobs at places like SkyWest where you do one trip there and back and that's your schedule. So you could be a pilot and still have a regular schedule if you got on with them. You have to watch out for the um, uneducated women who think being a pilot's wife is a glamourous money load cause they are only seeing $$$. I haven't met anymone like that but I know they are out there.

As far as the ring goes. I bet that a lot of guys that say they get hit on more once their married just didn't notice a lot of the women that were dropping subtle hints before they were married. Once you are married you learn to read the subtle little things women do so you might be more receptive to it now. You might also be seemingly unattainable which intrigues women. I just don't think that most women actually LOOK at your finger for a ring and THEN hit on you. They might actually just be being friendly as well and you think they are flirting. A married man is less of a threat, someone you could be comfortable having a converstaion with without the fear of him asking for your number. Perhaps the women just feel more open to you without that threat, and aren't really hitting on you.

Maybe things are different where I live, cause the only person that has ever hit on my husband was a Tony Roma's waitress who even got him a drink and didn't even ask me what I wanted, and then helped her self to a tip when I didn't leave one. Other then that, Corbin doesn't generally strike up converstations with people or get himself into situations that he would be hit on. And no it's not like he's ugly and that's why so maybe he just can tell the difference between friendly chit chat and flirting.

pkloop · September 29th, 2003, 11:32

Married with kids. I like it and my wife is very supportive of my career choice

JEP · September 29th, 2003, 14:25

T minus .... seconds and counting:

It was just a clock counting down until they turned 18. They would then be legal adults and it was nothing more nothing less. Just a little sarcasm. You wouldn't want him fawning over underage individuals.

TheWife · September 29th, 2003, 14:32

Ok that was really seriously foul. Distasteful.

Eagle · September 29th, 2003, 15:03

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There were a few things that I didn't want in a husband and one of them was a military lifestyle or someone that would be working 70 hours a week.....

[/ QUOTE ]

No making fun of you (really I am not) but you do know that your hubb should he fly for an airline or a charter 135 op will be away from home SIGNIFICANTLY more than 40 hours a week and often more than 70 hours....

TheWife · September 29th, 2003, 15:06

Yeah, I know he will be gone for like 15-18 days straight from what I gather. But then he'll be home for 10 days straight. Anyway even if those numbers aren't quite accurate, what I meant was that I would have a hard time being married to someone who like the CEO of a huge company and always working non stop, on call, cell phone going when he is at home, etc. At least with pilots you get some days off and I don't think you are really ever constantly on call are you? Pilots don't really have to take work home with them, or have major deadline projects that they are up all night working on. When they are done they are done, is what I am told.

Eagle · September 29th, 2003, 15:09

Not consistantly on call?

Ha! You mock me!!

We get, count em

FOUR days off a month.

that means 4 days where you can plan on being more than 2 hrs away from the airport,

4 days where you can have a cocktail before 9:30pm

4 days you can head out of town.

The up side is the other 26 or so days you won't be flying all of them but it limits your freedom of movement.... in a big way..

TheWife · September 29th, 2003, 15:13

I am not mocking you. I just don't know how it works for every company and I am going by what I was told. I have heard from the mouth of a SkyWest Capt that the times off is great and he feels it's a lot better then working long office hours. Anyway, whatever. We are married already, it's not like I would leave him if I find out that the hours will be longer then we thought. It's not a big deal.

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September 25th, 2003, 11:57	#51
TheWife Old Skool Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Utah Posts: 4,168	Re: Are you married? I am sorry that you are having a hard time. If you do want to talk about it, it might be good to get some of that stress off your mind!

September 25th, 2003, 15:24	#52
Doug Taylor Agent Smith Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: KSDL Posts: 39,771 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Are you married? Pretty simple, get her telephone number, don't call her back for a few weeks and hang out with her good looking friends. She'll fall head over heels for ya! Really.

September 25th, 2003, 22:00	#53
outside_looking_in Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: SW Pennsylvania Posts: 142	Re: Are you married? [ QUOTE ] I am sorry that you are having a hard time. If you do want to talk about it, it might be good to get some of that stress off your mind! [/ QUOTE ] I can't really say I'm having a hard time, it just has a funny way of affecting your pride sometimes. I mean, I see total losers walking around with beautiful, nice, and funny women. Here I am all together opposite of a loser with a great career in mind and it seems like the only ones that ever want to talk to me have MAJOR issues. I mean big time major issues too. The kind that usually leaves a mental scar for life. It just sucks, cause the way I was taught to treat girls is engrained into me. I cannot change the way I feel about respecting them. Just sometimes it seems like the wrong thing to do if it is the only thing that seems like is cutting your chances down.

September 25th, 2003, 22:17	#54
fr8dog Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: CA Posts: 85	Re: Are you married? I have been happily married to the most admirable and understanding wife (celebrated the 3rd anniversary last week)... Let me share (not that most people care but since your curious and all.......) I met her as a (poor) student on a loan (cheap) in beautiful San Diego CA. After pasta/bread through school/CFI (she moved in quite quickly !). I got a job flying cargo (backside of clock lifestyle...harsh on others !!) in OHIO.....she had been all her life in sunny SD and she followed me (as newly wed) to OHIO...that's rainy/freezy/bory OHIO (no offense buckeye fans ). And two and half years still on the road 5 days a week and asleep most of the day when home......we are still most amazingly in love (and married) I just announced her that i might take a commuter job since i can't really wait for the original plan (the industry being slow and all) and thus taking the nice 50% pay cut and 100% seniority cut that goes with it...............and she still talks to me ! I say I'm lucky, but it's just me !

September 26th, 2003, 09:08	#55
ready2fly Old Skool Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: DFW Posts: 7,079	Re: Are you married? Outside & flyChicaga - man, reading your posts brings back memories.... and makes me appreciate my wife SO much more than I did a few minutes ago. I was a lot like you guys back in the day (coughcoughfouryearsagocough). I had pretty much given up on the dating scene. The women I were attarcted to and/or friends with said they wanted to date gentlemen and not #######s... but, when a "nice guy" or a guy with even the slightest bit of class came along - they would turn their noses up at them. To a woman - the female friends that I used to hang around with - married #######s. Two are already divorced and the other is too afraid to leave her husband. BUT - I lucked out. I waited - and better said - WADED through all the crap-in-a-skirt human beings out there and found someone real. Someone who wasn't looking for Daddy Warbucks - for the big payday that they didn't earn, but felt that they were entitled to because they were "pretty". They are out there. They are few and far between. The ones that say they "want a nice guy" are mostly lying to themselves because they then turn around and say that the nice guys aren't a "challenge" - whetever the hell that's supposed to mean. [/babbling] Bottom line - relax. Have fun. Don't look TOO hard and you'll bump into her sooner or later. Hell - I was 35 when I met my wife. First date was on my 36th B-day... so.. good things DO come to those that wait. Just my $0.02..... okay... $0.07. R2F

September 26th, 2003, 09:24	#56
TheWife Old Skool Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Utah Posts: 4,168	Re: Are you married? Yeah that! Funny that you guys have problems finding nice girls cause all I hear about from the girls are not finding nice guys. There is someone out there for everyone, don't you woory about that!

September 26th, 2003, 14:56	#57
Mike Lewis Shadow Administrator Join Date: Jul 1998 Location: Between KFCM and KMSP Posts: 6,227	Re: Are you married? [ QUOTE ] Pretty simple, get her telephone number, don't call her back for a few weeks and hang out with her good looking friends. She'll fall head over heels for ya! Really. [/ QUOTE ] Now that I have a baby, you'd be amazed at how many girls go way out of their way to come find me and go gaga over the baby. Dogs work too, but not as well as a baby. Go find someone who just had a baby and ask to borrow it for a while. The parents get a nice break, and you have a conversation piece (think "chick beacon") to help attract women. It works! Just a tip from your Uncle Copa...

September 26th, 2003, 15:17	#58
I_Money Moderator Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Socal Posts: 5,645	Re: Are you married? [ QUOTE ] Now that I have a baby, you'd be amazed at how many girls go way out of their way to come find me and go gaga over the baby. [/ QUOTE ] Is it a boy?? Maybe he just inheritated your playboy tendancies Copa?

September 26th, 2003, 23:18	#59
smokey1 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Houston-EWR-CLE Posts: 321	Re: Are you married? Advice: You shouldn't need props to attract women, just a strong mouthpiece.1 Smokey

September 28th, 2003, 14:20	#60
TheShortOne Old Skool Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Park City, UT Posts: 3,293	Re: Are you married? as a self described "nice girl" i'm really glad i found the nice guy in John. He has his ######### moments like we all do, but we can keep a good banter going as well as a conversation, which is good when we live 100 miles apart. We've been together now for just over a year, and I couldn't be happier. Good things come to those who wait, and who knows, it might be the girl that pursues the guy (ahem...me) But man, the postit with the phone number...good idea! you should try it! It can't hurt you...at worst she'll think you are a psycho stalker and whatnot, but that's ok, there are other starbucks out there. anyway, keep up with the faith that someone will come to you. I believe whole heartedly that everyone has their perfect match, its just a matter of finding him/her

September 28th, 2003, 15:09	#61
Mike Lewis Shadow Administrator Join Date: Jul 1998 Location: Between KFCM and KMSP Posts: 6,227	Re: Are you married? [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Now that I have a baby, you'd be amazed at how many girls go way out of their way to come find me and go gaga over the baby. [/ QUOTE ] Is it a boy?? Maybe he just inheritated your playboy tendancies Copa? [/ QUOTE ] Yeah, he got my "chick magnet" genes...

September 28th, 2003, 20:27	#62
Athena Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Northwest State of Mind, WA Posts: 477	Re: Are you married? [ QUOTE ] Geez, I feel like an old man! When I was in high school, a 16 year old looked like a 16 year old. Now 16 year olds look like 30 year olds, sheesh! [/ QUOTE ] Damn that growth hormone injected dairy!!!!

September 29th, 2003, 05:28	#63
Eagle Banned Join Date: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,272	Re: Are you married? [ QUOTE ] Now that I have a baby, you'd be amazed at how many girls go way out of their way to come find me and go gaga over the baby. [/ QUOTE ] Between our dog and a wedding ring, it gets down right creepy sometimes. I don't know (or care why) but getting hit on is about 10 times greater now than before I was married. It IS a riot though when on a trip with a partner who is single and he is trying so hard to "meet" the women when we are out. and he is getting passed up.. (heheh thankfully I am a good boy and go back to my room alone) So I guess my advice is if you want to meet women, get married.. Heh

September 29th, 2003, 07:42	#64
Doug Taylor Agent Smith Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: KSDL Posts: 39,771 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Are you married? Hmm, commercial venture ideas are abounding: Rent-A-Ring, Inc Rent-a-Schnauzer Corporation and BorrowABaby.com

September 29th, 2003, 08:37	#65
Snow Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 869	Re: Are you married? ROFL oh that's a great one Doug! Hey just out of interest, perhaps a question for all you ladies out there, how many women do you think would tollerate dating or marrying a pilot who's gone half the time? It's not as bad as being a Navy wife but it's still not the regualar 9-5 thing and I'm sure some girls couldn't handle it. Also is the devorce rate more due to the woman being sick of him being away all the time or is it the males doing somthing stupid on their trips away?

September 29th, 2003, 09:00	#66
AnotherWife Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Evergreen, Colorado Posts: 121	Re: Are you married? [ QUOTE ] how many women do you think would tollerate dating or marrying a pilot who's gone half the time? [/ QUOTE ] Heck, I'm looking forward to it! (JK ) My hubbie has told me the same thing about his wedding ring, which just baffles me. As a woman, I can't imagine being attracted to someone who is already married. But, then again, I'm a nice girl -- maybe the ring just attracts hussies...

September 29th, 2003, 09:54	#67
MQAAord Moderator Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: The Looney Bin Posts: 8,804	Re: Are you married? Being married to a pilot is great, when he's gone you have time to do the things you want to do that he doesn't enjoy, and the best thing is, you have the remote all to yourself!!

September 29th, 2003, 09:56	#68
TheWife Old Skool Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Utah Posts: 4,168	Re: Are you married? [ QUOTE ] how many women do you think would tollerate dating or marrying a pilot who's gone half the time? It's not as bad as being a Navy wife but it's still not the regualar 9-5 thing and I'm sure some girls couldn't handle it. Also is the devorce rate more due to the woman being sick of him being away all the time or is it the males doing somthing stupid on their trips away? [/ QUOTE ] There were a few things that I didn't want in a husband and one of them was a military lifestyle or someone that would be working 70 hours a week. Marrying a pilot wasn't as big a deal. Being a pilot's wife will be hard, but it will have rewards, the most important one being that he is doing something that he loves so he will be less likely to be a miserable ass when he is home. Time apart can also make the time you have together more, um, passionate. And when you think about people with 9-5 jobs, plus an hour or so of commute, plus a lot of them work at home, by the time they get home and eat dinner and wind down it's bed time. And Saturadys' are usually spent mowing and cleaning and such. So you really don't have any really good days together. I think we will get a lot more quality days together when he has 10 or so days in a row off. Plus I won't ever be working outside the home so my schedule will be open for when he is home. Of course from what I hear there are 9-5 typs jobs at places like SkyWest where you do one trip there and back and that's your schedule. So you could be a pilot and still have a regular schedule if you got on with them. You have to watch out for the um, uneducated women who think being a pilot's wife is a glamourous money load cause they are only seeing $$$. I haven't met anymone like that but I know they are out there. As far as the ring goes. I bet that a lot of guys that say they get hit on more once their married just didn't notice a lot of the women that were dropping subtle hints before they were married. Once you are married you learn to read the subtle little things women do so you might be more receptive to it now. You might also be seemingly unattainable which intrigues women. I just don't think that most women actually LOOK at your finger for a ring and THEN hit on you. They might actually just be being friendly as well and you think they are flirting. A married man is less of a threat, someone you could be comfortable having a converstaion with without the fear of him asking for your number. Perhaps the women just feel more open to you without that threat, and aren't really hitting on you. Maybe things are different where I live, cause the only person that has ever hit on my husband was a Tony Roma's waitress who even got him a drink and didn't even ask me what I wanted, and then helped her self to a tip when I didn't leave one. Other then that, Corbin doesn't generally strike up converstations with people or get himself into situations that he would be hit on. And no it's not like he's ugly and that's why so maybe he just can tell the difference between friendly chit chat and flirting.

September 29th, 2003, 11:32	#69
pkloop Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 284	Re: Are you married? Married with kids. I like it and my wife is very supportive of my career choice

September 29th, 2003, 14:25	#70
JEP Moderator Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Eden Prairie, MN (KFCM) (KMSP) Posts: 10,542 Blog Entries: 1	Re: For Doug\'s British Friend....Countdown T minus .... seconds and counting: It was just a clock counting down until they turned 18. They would then be legal adults and it was nothing more nothing less. Just a little sarcasm. You wouldn't want him fawning over underage individuals.

September 29th, 2003, 14:32	#71
TheWife Old Skool Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Utah Posts: 4,168	Re: For Doug\'s British Friend....Countdown Ok that was really seriously foul. Distasteful.

September 29th, 2003, 15:03	#72
Eagle Banned Join Date: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,272	Re: Are you married? [ QUOTE ] There were a few things that I didn't want in a husband and one of them was a military lifestyle or someone that would be working 70 hours a week..... [/ QUOTE ] No making fun of you (really I am not) but you do know that your hubb should he fly for an airline or a charter 135 op will be away from home SIGNIFICANTLY more than 40 hours a week and often more than 70 hours....

September 29th, 2003, 15:06	#73
TheWife Old Skool Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Utah Posts: 4,168	Re: Are you married? Yeah, I know he will be gone for like 15-18 days straight from what I gather. But then he'll be home for 10 days straight. Anyway even if those numbers aren't quite accurate, what I meant was that I would have a hard time being married to someone who like the CEO of a huge company and always working non stop, on call, cell phone going when he is at home, etc. At least with pilots you get some days off and I don't think you are really ever constantly on call are you? Pilots don't really have to take work home with them, or have major deadline projects that they are up all night working on. When they are done they are done, is what I am told.

September 29th, 2003, 15:09	#74
Eagle Banned Join Date: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,272	Re: Are you married? Not consistantly on call? Ha! You mock me!! We get, count em FOUR days off a month. that means 4 days where you can plan on being more than 2 hrs away from the airport, 4 days where you can have a cocktail before 9:30pm 4 days you can head out of town. The up side is the other 26 or so days you won't be flying all of them but it limits your freedom of movement.... in a big way..

September 29th, 2003, 15:13	#75
TheWife Old Skool Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Utah Posts: 4,168	Re: Are you married? I am not mocking you. I just don't know how it works for every company and I am going by what I was told. I have heard from the mouth of a SkyWest Capt that the times off is great and he feels it's a lot better then working long office hours. Anyway, whatever. We are married already, it's not like I would leave him if I find out that the hours will be longer then we thought. It's not a big deal.

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