I dont remember where i read this and im not trying to plagerize but the story kinda went like this-
-A young flight instructor was flying a c-150 teaching a student stalls becoming very frustrated with the lack of improvement. The little airplane was crammped and the air vents virtually useless as sweat poured from the instructors forehead. Already frustrated with his job and working on his 24th straight 16 hour day all he could do was look at the brand new CRJ glistening overhead as it climbed out of the busy new airport now served by a new regional airline. "I almost meet the minimums then I can move on and I know ill be happier working as a regional airline pilot"
Meanwhile in the CRJ two college grads have words with center for being sent to a holding pattern to ease congestion in the NAS. The captain had been away from home for four days and couldnt wait to get home to see his new born infant. However he wont be there anytime soon and when he does return home he will need several days of rest to recover. While doing ractrack paterns through the sky a brand new 747-400 checks in over the radio. "Baby formula, diapers, wife off work how will I afford to raise my kid on this pay. Maybe once I get that 747 job at the majors I know I will be happy".
In the cockpit of the legendary Boeing to older pilots are dealing with a whole slew of problems dealing with the cabin tempurature leaving 200+ paying passengers a little annoyed. The FO ran through a few checklist to solve the problem then thought about his own problems. "Divorce? Again? how am I going to pay for my kids college. Not to mention all the pay cuts, if the damn company can even stay in bussiness"? Just then a small speck of light shoots across the sky barely visiable in the early evening darkness. It was the space shuttle just launched several days before. "Now theres a gig I cant wait to get. I know once Im an astronaut Ill be happy".
Several miles high the space shuttle orbiting the earth is dealing with a radiation problem. The captain who hadent slept for almost 36 hours is trying to install a new photo imagery camera on a new satelitte. "What happended to playing with M&Ms and video conferences with school kids". While the captain tested the camera he could see a small C-150 buzzing around low and slow way down below him. "I cant wait to flying one of those again after retirement. I know then Ill be happy".-
This isnt exactly how it went nor do I know the author but he did have a good point, one that im feeling now.
All I could remember wanting to do while washing dishes was to be a flight instructor. I thought the job would be so much better and the pay even worthwile. Now that Ive been instructing for a few months all I can think about is moving up to fly cargo (hope the pay will be better too, lol). Is this how its going to be for a flying career?
-A young flight instructor was flying a c-150 teaching a student stalls becoming very frustrated with the lack of improvement. The little airplane was crammped and the air vents virtually useless as sweat poured from the instructors forehead. Already frustrated with his job and working on his 24th straight 16 hour day all he could do was look at the brand new CRJ glistening overhead as it climbed out of the busy new airport now served by a new regional airline. "I almost meet the minimums then I can move on and I know ill be happier working as a regional airline pilot"
Meanwhile in the CRJ two college grads have words with center for being sent to a holding pattern to ease congestion in the NAS. The captain had been away from home for four days and couldnt wait to get home to see his new born infant. However he wont be there anytime soon and when he does return home he will need several days of rest to recover. While doing ractrack paterns through the sky a brand new 747-400 checks in over the radio. "Baby formula, diapers, wife off work how will I afford to raise my kid on this pay. Maybe once I get that 747 job at the majors I know I will be happy".
In the cockpit of the legendary Boeing to older pilots are dealing with a whole slew of problems dealing with the cabin tempurature leaving 200+ paying passengers a little annoyed. The FO ran through a few checklist to solve the problem then thought about his own problems. "Divorce? Again? how am I going to pay for my kids college. Not to mention all the pay cuts, if the damn company can even stay in bussiness"? Just then a small speck of light shoots across the sky barely visiable in the early evening darkness. It was the space shuttle just launched several days before. "Now theres a gig I cant wait to get. I know once Im an astronaut Ill be happy".
Several miles high the space shuttle orbiting the earth is dealing with a radiation problem. The captain who hadent slept for almost 36 hours is trying to install a new photo imagery camera on a new satelitte. "What happended to playing with M&Ms and video conferences with school kids". While the captain tested the camera he could see a small C-150 buzzing around low and slow way down below him. "I cant wait to flying one of those again after retirement. I know then Ill be happy".-
This isnt exactly how it went nor do I know the author but he did have a good point, one that im feeling now.
All I could remember wanting to do while washing dishes was to be a flight instructor. I thought the job would be so much better and the pay even worthwile. Now that Ive been instructing for a few months all I can think about is moving up to fly cargo (hope the pay will be better too, lol). Is this how its going to be for a flying career?
