What is it with this industry and belittling everyone who chooses a different path than you? Do bridge architects sit on message boards and flame the skyscraper architects? Do they accuse each other of "shiny skyscraper syndrome"?
Maybe I don't want to fly a caravan around, maybe it simply
doesn't interest me. But I hope you rubbed one out while typing that up. I'm sure your ego had nothing to do with it Mr. "Alaska Pilot" secretly waiting for a discovery channel filmmaker to come visit him so he can show the world what a tough loner guy he is flying in Alaska...
What is it with this industry and belittling everyone who chooses a different path than you?
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Hmm, I'm one of about 10 people on this forum who think that if you don't want to get a CFI then don't, and I won't knock anyone down who tried to do it a different way. I respect that. Just as much as I respect people who did go the traditional way. So that is kind of a non-sequitor.
As for belittling, I'm not belittling anyone, if its what you truly want to do, then by god, do it. Do you think I want to drive 207s around every day for the rest of my life? Hell no, do you think there's not something I want to be doing when I finish my degree? Hell, I have SJS, I want to fly lear 35s one day, if that means I'll have to take a pay cut to drive, I probably will. Will I bitch and moan about the lack of pay that comes from it? Probably not. Its about what you want out of it, if you want to fly ERJs that bad, then go and do it, just don't complain about the pay because it comes with the territory.
Maybe I don't want to fly a caravan around, maybe it simply doesn't interest me.
Then don't. But don't expect any sympathy from everyone else who would be grateful to drive a Turbine Suburban around because you feel that you're
owed a job because of all of your
experience.
I hope you rubbed one out while typing that up. I'm sure your ego had nothing to do with it Mr. "Alaska Pilot" secretly waiting for a discovery channel filmmaker to come visit him so he can show the world what a tough loner guy he is flying in Alaska...
The beginning of this is almost obscene so I'm not entirely sure I want to justify it with an answer, that being said, I find your tone to be slightly more than insulting. Ego doesn't really work for pilots up here like it works down in America, everyone and his brother knows how to fly up here, its not all that special. I'm not a member of some elite flying club, nor do I have any illusions to my skill because if I ever think I'm good, there's always some old timer with 20000 plus TT in everything with wings who can put me in my place. As for a discovery channel special, well, I'll leave that to Paul Claus or one of the others like him, I want to stay below the radar so I don't lose my certs. Ego, on the otherhand, clearly went into your personal rebuttle of my statements. Yours was clearly hurt. In particular, you probably feel upset that someone is stating that your career pathway is invalid, or too easy, or a whole multitude of derogatory adjectives. It is not wrong for you to feel upset either, but what I recommend is that you look inside yourself and detirmine the true source of your feelings as to this regard, rather than lash out at posts on the internet. And finally, for the love of god, everyone, quit complaining so much, we have it really really really good.