Quitting the gig of airlines post......

MikeD · June 23rd, 2005, 00:38

Interesting thread by someone that's fed-up. Some of you, I see, are already familiar with it........best part is the post on CFIs and Key Bank on the fromt page.

http://forums.flightinfo.com/showthr...5&page=1&pp=15

Texasspilot · June 23rd, 2005, 00:42

gotta admit...it sounds kinda fun

EatSleepFly · June 23rd, 2005, 01:01

Man, that is awesome.

(Not that I don't enjoy flying...but just that he's able to do that. Sounds like my kind of "retirement.")

PeanuckleCRJ · June 23rd, 2005, 01:46

Hahaha so awesome....

I'd go through flying withdrawels, though. If I could have a good 16-17 days off a month..20 would be better... I would be very happy. Preferably flying an MD-11 in the left seat for FedEx.

FlyChicaga · June 23rd, 2005, 10:50

I'm looking forward to next month. 15 days off, 82 hour line, and a Hawaii trip. It will be just what I need to keep from getting burned out.

There IS a such thing as flying too much. Especially when you are a commuter!

Screaming_Emu · June 23rd, 2005, 10:56

granted I'm not exaclty in the working world yet, I'd love to do something like that, but the only difference is that it would be in a baron with some extra tanks in the back. Take it over to Europe via Greenland and Iceland and from there, who knows...now i just have to win the lotto first.

Cachon · June 23rd, 2005, 11:41

That's funny!

VampyreGTX · June 23rd, 2005, 12:42

Any career has these downs. It all depends on if you actually like the job itself. I would rather deal with those issue flying then pushing papers and typing away on a keyboard in an office. I've removed the aviation related parts, but here is what I gripe about, directly from that post and I don't fly for a living (yet!).

bad management, mergers, seniority,bad coffee, vacation, kids, wives, girlfriends, boyfriends or both, driving to work, commuting to and from work, car payments, house payments, insurance, alimony, child support, gas, electric bills, lawn service, maids (because your fat a## wife wont get her a## off the couch), cant drink, drug and alcohol testing, dry cleaning, security, Terrorism, bad porn, good porn you can't have, no porn magazines, sexual harassment charges, high gas/oil prices, IRS, rush hour traffic, that d#mn alarm clock, cell phone's, and I am sure there is more. Then during my 2 years of business travel (out of town 2 weeks of every month) you can throw in TSA, Maintenance delays, weather, gate changes, oversold flights, other passengers, no food, lost reservations (one they lost in the middle of my trip! made one flight, they lost my entire reservation and had no record of my connecting flight ticket and tried to tell me they couldn't book me out for another 3 days!), bad hotels, crazy cab drivers, crappy rental cars, etc.

Just trying to put it in perspective. Some of these people make it sound like being a pilot is the worst job 'cause of what they have to deal with. I've been layed off once, moved 4 times, had 4 different employers, have school loans, etc in 6 years in the financial markets industry.

June 23rd, 2005, 00:38	#1
MikeD Administrator Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Pinal Airpark Posts: 6,897	Quitting the gig of airlines post...... Interesting thread by someone that's fed-up. Some of you, I see, are already familiar with it........best part is the post on CFIs and Key Bank on the fromt page. http://forums.flightinfo.com/showthr...5&page=1&pp=15

June 23rd, 2005, 00:42	#2
Texasspilot Old Skool Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 2,080	Re: Quitting the gig of airlines post...... gotta admit...it sounds kinda fun

June 23rd, 2005, 01:01	#3
EatSleepFly Old Skool Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: ?? Posts: 4,600	Re: Quitting the gig of airlines post...... Man, that is awesome. (Not that I don't enjoy flying...but just that he's able to do that. Sounds like my kind of "retirement.")

June 23rd, 2005, 01:46	#4
PeanuckleCRJ Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Where everybody's somebody Posts: 606	Re: Quitting the gig of airlines post...... Hahaha so awesome.... I'd go through flying withdrawels, though. If I could have a good 16-17 days off a month..20 would be better... I would be very happy. Preferably flying an MD-11 in the left seat for FedEx.

June 23rd, 2005, 10:50	#5
FlyChicaga Old Skool Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 4,833	Re: Quitting the gig of airlines post...... I'm looking forward to next month. 15 days off, 82 hour line, and a Hawaii trip. It will be just what I need to keep from getting burned out. There IS a such thing as flying too much. Especially when you are a commuter!

June 23rd, 2005, 10:56	#6
Screaming_Emu Old Skool Join Date: May 2002 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 3,304	Re: Quitting the gig of airlines post...... granted I'm not exaclty in the working world yet, I'd love to do something like that, but the only difference is that it would be in a baron with some extra tanks in the back. Take it over to Europe via Greenland and Iceland and from there, who knows...now i just have to win the lotto first.

June 23rd, 2005, 11:41	#7
Cachon Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Boston MA Posts: 200	Re: Quitting the gig of airlines post...... That's funny!

June 23rd, 2005, 12:42	#8
VampyreGTX Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 152	Re: Quitting the gig of airlines post...... Any career has these downs. It all depends on if you actually like the job itself. I would rather deal with those issue flying then pushing papers and typing away on a keyboard in an office. I've removed the aviation related parts, but here is what I gripe about, directly from that post and I don't fly for a living (yet!). bad management, mergers, seniority,bad coffee, vacation, kids, wives, girlfriends, boyfriends or both, driving to work, commuting to and from work, car payments, house payments, insurance, alimony, child support, gas, electric bills, lawn service, maids (because your fat a## wife wont get her a## off the couch), cant drink, drug and alcohol testing, dry cleaning, security, Terrorism, bad porn, good porn you can't have, no porn magazines, sexual harassment charges, high gas/oil prices, IRS, rush hour traffic, that d#mn alarm clock, cell phone's, and I am sure there is more. Then during my 2 years of business travel (out of town 2 weeks of every month) you can throw in TSA, Maintenance delays, weather, gate changes, oversold flights, other passengers, no food, lost reservations (one they lost in the middle of my trip! made one flight, they lost my entire reservation and had no record of my connecting flight ticket and tried to tell me they couldn't book me out for another 3 days!), bad hotels, crazy cab drivers, crappy rental cars, etc. Just trying to put it in perspective. Some of these people make it sound like being a pilot is the worst job 'cause of what they have to deal with. I've been layed off once, moved 4 times, had 4 different employers, have school loans, etc in 6 years in the financial markets industry.

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