planediveguy
New Member
Just and example from our "expert" Mr. Montanapilot:
"They puff it up as big as they can, but in reality their "connection" to Delta is little more than a phrase. "
The signature thing...
Doing something you love and getting paid for it is everyone's dream. I was a very successfull Scuba Diving Instructor and divemaster, in a dream job. But after doing the same dives over and over again it becomes routine. It is easy to lose your enthusiasm and start to cut corners and slack off. I was able to see beyond that and realize that I had to treat every customer as my first and every dive as the first time I was doing it. And that attitude allowed me to get my reputation in the Scuba industry.
The Romantic view that it will be great all the time to work in the cockpit is naive. It sure beats working at any office and don't get me wrong, I love flying too. But how many senior captains you know that want to bid for more trips per month so they can fly more? And how about the 60 year mandatory retirement age? Did that came from the ailrine side, or from the unions? Last time I have asked some of my captain friends about incereasing the mandatory retirement age they told me that they are tired of flying and wanted to pursue something else.
A lot of pilots when they reach enough seniority so they can have easier schedules, start a hobby or a business on the side. That serves two purposes: To increase their income AND to avoid burn out.
All this information I got from different pilots that I've met over the years, I might be wrong ( and I wish I am as I also would like to have that "dream" job) but we cannot forget that airline flying is not a hobby. There are tremendous responsibilities on the pilots shoulders and that requires an upmost professional attitude.
I am plannig to dive as a hobby and probably add soaring as well...
"They puff it up as big as they can, but in reality their "connection" to Delta is little more than a phrase. "
The signature thing...
Doing something you love and getting paid for it is everyone's dream. I was a very successfull Scuba Diving Instructor and divemaster, in a dream job. But after doing the same dives over and over again it becomes routine. It is easy to lose your enthusiasm and start to cut corners and slack off. I was able to see beyond that and realize that I had to treat every customer as my first and every dive as the first time I was doing it. And that attitude allowed me to get my reputation in the Scuba industry.
The Romantic view that it will be great all the time to work in the cockpit is naive. It sure beats working at any office and don't get me wrong, I love flying too. But how many senior captains you know that want to bid for more trips per month so they can fly more? And how about the 60 year mandatory retirement age? Did that came from the ailrine side, or from the unions? Last time I have asked some of my captain friends about incereasing the mandatory retirement age they told me that they are tired of flying and wanted to pursue something else.
A lot of pilots when they reach enough seniority so they can have easier schedules, start a hobby or a business on the side. That serves two purposes: To increase their income AND to avoid burn out.
All this information I got from different pilots that I've met over the years, I might be wrong ( and I wish I am as I also would like to have that "dream" job) but we cannot forget that airline flying is not a hobby. There are tremendous responsibilities on the pilots shoulders and that requires an upmost professional attitude.
I am plannig to dive as a hobby and probably add soaring as well...
