Turned into a right wing QAnon nut job.
Q Anon is scary. It’s like you can literally tell people to choke themselves and there’s a certain demographic that will absolutely do it.
Turned into a right wing QAnon nut job.
"Goddamn it, with my hand, numb-nuts."Q Anon is scary. It’s like you can literally tell people to choke themselves and there’s a certain demographic that will absolutely do it.
I thought we didn't kink shame around here.Q Anon is scary. It’s like you can literally tell people to choke themselves and there’s a certain demographic that will absolutely do it.
I rode the js in a DC-6 one time, it was super cool. But like AS2b said, be flexible with your plans.One of the cargo carriers in Alaska that still flys the DC-6 is in CASS. I’m tempted.
There isn’t a day that goes by, that I don’t wish I’d chased a job at brown, or purple over where I ended up.I’m sitting on a UPS jumpseat headed to work. It’s an A300 so there’s 4 jumpseats in their own little cabin behind the cockpit With the galley and lav. I feel like a rock star! What an amazing ride. If I were a decade younger… well, I wish I could tell 30 year old me to shoot for the freighters. This is an entirely different kind of flying. Altogether.
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Bad way to live.There isn’t a day that goes by, that I don’t wish I’d chased a job at brown, or purple over where I ended up.
There isn’t a day that goes by, that I don’t wish I’d chased a job at brown, or purple over where I ended up.
I had that feeling, too. I finally acted on it and it's been the best decision of my life!
Thats awesome! I'm on the downhill slide of my career, with less than 10 years to go, so I wont be going anywhere, unless I don't have any other choice. But if I could go back and meet younger me, I'd say freight all the way, forget passenger flying!.
Granted, I'm a little younger and have just over 22 years to go, but I gave up almost a decade of seniority to make the move and have zero regrets. My training partner had 20+ years at a fractional and was in his early 50s. There was another guy who left a large carrier, also in his mid 50s in my class. All 3 of us are loving it.Thats awesome! I'm on the downhill slide of my career, with less than 10 years to go, so I wont be going anywhere, unless I don't have any other choice. But if I could go back and meet younger me, I'd say freight all the way, forget passenger flying!.
Granted, I'm a little younger and have just over 22 years to go, but I gave up almost a decade of seniority to make the move and have zero regrets. My training partner had 20+ years at a fractional and was in his early 50s. There was another guy who left a large carrier, also in his mid 50s in my class. All 3 of us are loving it.
Caveat to having said that, we have been told that hiring is slowing for a bit.
It all depends on the person, as I’m sure you know. Various people have various reasons. If I weren’t in an rv, I would’ve been pushing to get out still, but I stopped trying in March ‘21. Now that we’re starting to look at settling again, my goal of retiring in 10 years, at 60, make it futile to go other places. Especially considering upgrade times and the back side of this wave.Why?
Honestly, on the MD, I really haven't done all that much. In the 9 months I've been active on the line, I've maybe AM hub turned about 5 times. I've had maybe 15-20 AM launches to a long layover. I've done 2 international trips that weren't bad at all (save for Chinese prison). I've done a lot of PM stuff (afternoon launch, layover, return in the morning...done around noonish).How much night flying is there? I’ve considered it but honestly can’t do any overnight flying regularly. Done it, won’t do it unless forced.
It all depends on the person, as I’m sure you know. Various people have various reasons. If I weren’t in an rv, I would’ve been pushing to get out still, but I stopped trying in March ‘21. Now that we’re starting to look at settling again, my goal of retiring in 10 years, at 60, make it futile to go other places. Especially considering upgrade times and the back side of this wave.
There are lots of us who decide on what our circumstances are. You wanted me to upgrade on the Triple. I could have a while ago, but I’d have been miserable, in our operation.
And there's me. Giving up on upgrade at a ULCC to go cargo at an ACMI. Everybody has different needs and wants.F-k your feelings! Your misery doesn't matter to me. Only me being able to live out my life vicariously in my fave heavy!
Seriously though. Yeah, I get it.
I've always wanted to 121 pax ops, because growing up that's what the symbol of success was in 121. Cargo was looked down on. Now honestly I don't care. I look at friends of mine the likes of @phill1174 or @JaceTheAce at their shop enjoying their jobs and flying. Another friend of mine just got hired at AmeriJet flying the 75/76. He too is having the time of his young life.
My only real interest is to be able to join the fraternity, and do the job that I've always wanted. Whether it be cargo, or pax.
I've seen some of the junior captain schedules over there, granted they were in DEN, but holy crap they looked rough. I wouldn't want to do that either.And there's me. Giving up on upgrade at a ULCC to go cargo at an ACMI. Everybody has different needs and wants.
Next month we have four day trips that don't pay four days worth because they're only three duty periods. They're rough.I've seen some of the junior captain schedules over there, granted they were in DEN, but holy crap they looked rough. I wouldn't want to do that either.
Yeah, that's some crap right there. We would have a lot of "3 days" where you'd fly the redeye out, have a lost day, then do the early morning flight back to base. Easy enough work, but because it was only 2 duty periods they only paid 10 hours. If you could build a whole schedule out of doing those I'd probably be all over it, but it's just not worth anyone's time and they always end up in open time.Next month we have four day trips that don't pay four days worth because they're only three duty periods. They're rough.