The Inevitable Thanksgiving Meltdown

[derg]

Many of those guys spent years making nothing, then going to their dream job, only to have 3 compounding bankruptcies, to get back to making nothing (much better QOL) to NOW making bank. Apparently once you make a certain amount, people not only decide how to spend that money for you, but decided what your values are.

When my dad retired (early) it took him a while to wind down even after his working/noncompete clause expired. Now he works furiously on house projects and cracking jokes. Which reminds me, I'm hanging sheet rock with my very retired old man while making up hot sports takes like "At the age of 26, the game of NFL football has passed Patrick Mahomes by," and "Tom Brady about to find out what the superbowl hangover is, and the cure isn't more avocado's"

Mac Jones iz da few'char of the Neww England Pay-tree-yatchs.

(all said while I take every overnight I can at home and working as little as I can get away with)

This guy wasn’t one of those types that spent years making nothing, tho.

 

[bike21]

This guy wasn’t one of those types that spent years making nothing, tho.

Flown with a handful of these types, it's certainly a lifestyle unto itself. Too much effort goes into even creating that much flying, especially the rolling thunder types.

OTOH make hay while you can but certainly don't let it ruin what's important and more importantly use it for good things. My only two greenies to date are going toward the wife's sabbatical next year, looking forward to 6 weeks off galavanting around the Old World and giving zero F's about work.

 

[jynxyjoe]

This guy wasn’t one of those types that spent years making nothing, tho.

Well I'm not gonna white knight some stranger, I'm just saying I've seen it work.

Maybe he's got a stripper addiction.

 

[derg]

Well I'm not gonna white knight some stranger, I'm just saying I've seen it work.

Maybe he's got a stripper addiction.

Ha!

Leaving your pregnant wife, about to drop a newbie, admittedly no family or friends in town to go fly a green slip is:

“Now them boys knew it wasn’t right”

Her divorced friends will ply her with Chardonnay one evening while he’s away, talk to her about what they’re getting for child support and alimony and that’ll be that.

 

[nibake]

Didn't make the list. What a delightful place to be, out of the news and under the radar...

 

[jynxyjoe]

Ha!

Leaving your pregnant wife, about to drop a newbie, admittedly no family or friends in town to go fly a green slip is:

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“Now them boys knew it wasn’t right”

Her divorced friends will ply her with Chardonnay one evening while he’s away, talk to her about what they’re getting for child support and alimony and that’ll be that.

Pregnant wives can be goal driven too, however, your point makes itself.

As a man who was there for the baby, there's little more to do than wake up, bring baby to mommy, sleep again, wake up make quick healthy and high cal food, keep mom fed, sleep, repeat.

I felt like i went through a time warp, after two weeks i stepped out of, what left like, a time machine and started calling around because i suddenly had a free minute.

 

[Roger Roger]

Pregnant wives can be goal driven too, however, your point makes itself.

As a man who was there for the baby, there's little more to do than wake up, bring baby to mommy, sleep again, wake up make quick healthy and high cal food, keep mom fed, sleep, repeat.

I felt like i went through a time warp, after two weeks i stepped out of, what left like, a time machine and started calling around because i suddenly had a free minute.

True enough with the first one. Subsequent you’re playing riot control and food aid distribution to the restless natives.

 

[jynxyjoe]

True enough with the first one. Subsequent you’re playing riot control and food aid distribution to the restless natives.

Wish i got that far, but alas. Make plans, God laughs.

 

[Comair 100ER]

So…who won? (Lost) Looks like everyone did pretty decent.

 

[jynxyjoe]

I gotta tell you, I'm in disbelief everyone got through this fine.

 

[nibake]

It was the most ho-hum day of flying I've had in a while.

 

[ASpilot2be]

It helps the weather was decent.

 

[azmedic]

Let’s revisit this after Sunday…when everyone tries to go back home. Then we can consider the holiday over.


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[jynxyjoe]

Let’s revisit this after Sunday…when everyone tries to go back home. Then we can consider the holiday over.


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As my favorite sports podcast says, "it's gonna be FIIIIIIIIINE!!"

 

[Skåning]

One of your pax 747s was blocking the alley to our gate last night with a maintenance issue. We were 182 minutes late and it made us a round 200 minutes late.

Arent you paid by the hour? Set the brake and kick back, collect benjamins

 

[GypsyPilot]

Arent you paid by the hour? Set the brake and kick back, collect benjamins

We get lots of soft credit, so that likely doesn’t apply.

 

[mikecweb]

Arent you paid by the hour? Set the brake and kick back, collect benjamins

Very rarely on a block time trip. I like layovers at home not high block.

 

[jtrain609]

Very rarely on a block time trip. I like layovers at home not high block.

Meh.

 

[derg]

I figure we really won’t know until monday as people start flying back to whereever they’re going.

 

[Minuteman]

I am skeptical that this table from FlightAware is complete. E.g., where is Southwest?