American Airlines shows future Aviator around PHX base

BEEF SUPREME said:
Why is it that talented people, justifying their aviation careers focus on the worst aspects of an "office job."

My wife works from home. Makes more money than I did flying a large cabin 3 engine private jet. Has better benefits. Other friends can pick up their kids from school by leaving work early and many other "unpublished" benefits.

Meanwhile a bunch of people are living in trailers at LAX crying themselves to sleep. All the while talking about how great their existence is.

I don't get it.


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Or you could have the worst of all worlds...working a desk job in aviation! Remind me to write a book some day.
 
GypsyPilot said:
Not at all. I was just trying to add perspective. I had an engineering career prior to aviation, which most would classify as being one of the better paying QOL gigs out there. In other words, I've had a real actual career before. It's not all it's cracked up to be - for myself.

You're a young guy with a wife making good money and enjoying a nice QOL. If you like what she does, start working towards that career. What have you got to lose?

As for the LAX trailer guys... That's a decision THEY made. Nobody forced them into that lifestyle.
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Nah man, personnel reviews and stretch goals and strategic planning sessions and reaching out and touching base and company mission statements are where it's AT!
 
Roger Roger said:
Nah man, personnel reviews and stretch goals and strategic planning sessions and reaching out and touching base and company mission statements are where it's AT!
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Oddly enough there was plenty of this at XOJET. On the mandatory company calls.

Go team!


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JordanD said:
Yup. Yesterday I started out at 5am on the west coast, 3 legs, which I'd done a good 7 times already that trip, then spent longer two-leg commuting home than I was on duty, head finally hit the pillow at 3am east coast time. I was pretty damn grumpy (although that's my own doing), and sure during that 4 days there was probably some "work work work *scheduling!* work work" type banter. But even earlier tonight I was thinking about what it would be like if I was sitting on the highway in traffic, every day, at the same time, going to a cubicle to stare at numbers and file TPS reports, how miserable I would be. Generally even on the worst trip, at least once a day I reflect on how fortunate I am to even be in my shoes.
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The commute seems to be the worst part of the trip a lot of the time. I commute to DTW from the west coast so i'm looking forward to the day I can just drive to work.
 
BEEF SUPREME said:
Why is it that talented people, justifying their aviation careers focus on the worst aspects of an "office job."

My wife works from home. Makes more money than I did flying a large cabin 3 engine private jet. Has better benefits. Other friends can pick up their kids from school by leaving work early and many other "unpublished" benefits.
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Well I don't have them nor particularly want them so that solves that problem for me. To each his own though.

Meanwhile a bunch of people are living in trailers at LAX crying themselves to sleep. All the while talking about how great their existence is.

I don't get it.


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Anyone living in that LAX trailer park after working at mainline for years and years is either doing it by choice or extraordinarily stupid financially if that's what they're having to resort to.

I dread my temporary cross country commute the day before, but you know what? I don't have to do it for another 9 days... as a relatively junior lineholder at a regional. The idea of having 2 days off, one of which is spent dreading Monday morning, doesn't appeal to me in the slightest.

Also, weekdays off and being able to enjoy stuff while it's not crowded kinda kicks a little ass.
 
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