Oh gawd

JordanD said:
People look at me like I have three heads when they tell me "you'll upgrade in 3 years!" and I'm like "eh we'll see if I want to." Yes I know it's a lot of money in the long run, but I need to mellow out and enjoy life a while after my regional CA experience.
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I didn't want to ever upgrade again until I realized how low the workload is for mainline captains.
 
Maximillian_Jenius said:
Yep! Another sure sign is that sociopaths often flock to positions of power and prestige. As a means to make up for all their many glaring inadequacies & insecurities. In aviation being a Captain (in power), especially at a major and making six figures (narcissism) = cockpit authoritarian.
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Nailed it. There is nothing that compensates for my glaring inadequacies and insecurities as much as that fourth stripe.
 
Maximillian_Jenius said:
Ugh. Social media will be the death of our species. Everyone now has to show off their new toys and lie to themselves and their viewers that they're happy and living their best life for clicks.

Seriously though if I learned anything from @Derg or @SlumTodd_Millionaire never buy a German car. Lease, maybe. Maybe? Because when its warranty is over after 3-5 years, it's expensive. No thanks. Nice cars though.
NEVER lease a car*. Because once the lease is signed after 3-5 hours, it's expensive. Stupid expensive. [*with the possible exception of when you can, and need to, write off the lease]. Nice cars, though, until you need Mx.
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FTFY
 
roundout said:
Yeah. Painting with a broad brush. Maybe you're describing the oft-maligned "high and mighty airline Captain" (like from living the dream) but if you're saying that anyone in the left seat at a major is there because they're a narcissist, well that's just flat out delusional.
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Old Pete said:
Nailed it. There is nothing that compensates for my glaring inadequacies and insecurities as much as that fourth stripe.
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I think that you two both aren't following me.

I'm not saying that every Captain is a narcissist. Possibly that Captain, who always has to let you know he is in-charge, who is a risk taker, super micro-managing because of his/her insecurities. I was also stating that sociopaths/psychopaths & narcissist as a whole tend to gravitate to jobs with authority like law enforcement or politics. Or jobs with notoriety or social importance, because the notoriety/prestige in order to satisfy their super inflated ego. Which is a cover for their flatlining insecurities, shame, fear etc. They don't receive self-assurance from themselves, but instead in their job, stature and it's high salaries, authority, position of power et al.
 
Maximillian_Jenius said:
I think that you two both aren't following me.

I'm not saying that every Captain is a narcissist. Possibly that Captain, who always has to let you know he is in-charge, who is a risk taker, super micro-managing because of his/her insecurities. I was also stating that sociopaths/psychopaths & narcissist as a whole tend to gravitate to jobs with authority like law enforcement or politics. Or jobs with notoriety or social importance, because the notoriety/prestige in order to satisfy their super inflated ego. Which is a cover for their flatlining insecurities, shame, fear etc. They don't receive self-assurance from themselves, but instead in their job, stature and it's high salaries, authority, position of power et al.
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OK Dr. Phil.
 
JordanD said:
People look at me like I have three heads when they tell me "you'll upgrade in 3 years!" and I'm like "eh we'll see if I want to." Yes I know it's a lot of money in the long run, but I need to mellow out and enjoy life a while after my regional CA experience.
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Consider yourself lucky to be even making a statement like that. Took me 11 years at the airlines to touch my first upgrade. Had almost 10,000 hrs total by the time I did. I would have killed a kitten to be bottom barrel abused reserve Capt in a CR2 at JFK.
 
Cherokee_Cruiser said:
Consider yourself lucky to be even making a statement like that. Took me 11 years at the airlines to touch my first upgrade. Had almost 10,000 hrs total by the time I did. I would have killed a kitten to be bottom barrel abused reserve Capt in a CR2 at JFK.
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No doubt people had it worse than me before and I was making some pretty good money.
Quality of life and some parts of the job still sucked butt though. And I probably wouldn’t have had some of the misery if I hadn’t been commuting to it.
 
You goin to widget? Have they said anything about Coronavirus affecting hiring/growth? I read United just cancelled their forward looking guidance for the rest of 2020.
 
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