What is it like being an airline pilot captain for a major international airline?

modernicarus said:
My nephew is a Navy nuke. He's a submariner, I think he's on the Ohio, not exactly sure though. I tried to talk him out of it, but I guess everyone has to have regrets in their life. haha!
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Haha...I don't regret getting into the program. I regret staying in it. There are a few things I'd have done different but hey, that's life.


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OffRdX said:
Haha...I don't regret getting into the program. I regret staying in it. There are a few things I'd have done different but hey, that's life.
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Very well said!
Like you, I don't regret doing it, I regret staying as long as I did. But, as you said, that's life.
 
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They tell us we're special through the pipeline, it sounds like that bled over once they got out. It's really not that difficult what we do if you can handle the monotony of it. I'm stuck at this point in my career. The good news is my pension when I retire will allow me to do whatever I feel like doing. Which I'm hoping means a second career as a pilot.


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OffRdX said:
They tell us we're special through the pipeline, it sounds like that bled over once they got out. It's really not that difficult what we do if you can handle the monotony of it. I'm stuck at this point in my career. The good news is my pension when I retire will allow me to do whatever I feel like doing. Which I'm hoping means a second career as a pilot.
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Haha! One of my coworkers was a Master Chief (retired), and in fact that's what we called him all the time as a civilian, we rarely ever used his actual name. Anyhow, he used to complain about everything and how much better life was in the Navy, he made more money in the Navy, blah, blah, blah.
He was usually in a bad mood, but he was comical...not intentionally though. One day he had enough too. He stood up said, "F-this BS!" and walked out. Those were his last words. Never saw or heard from him again.
It was a miserable place to work. Still is according to my "shift-mates" who are still there. They won't leave though, it's all they know how to do and probably 95% of them didn't stay in the Navy long enough to retire and draw a pension.
 
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Any of you ever work in sector 7G?

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OffRdX said:
It's really not that difficult what we do if you can handle the monotony of it.


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I seriously don't suggest airline pilot. Unless it's about money(as opposed to other versions of operating aviation appliances., there's certainly more money in other fields.)
 
///AMG said:
I think you would be retarded to jump ship, making hard 6 figures at this point, for a 121 second career. Yes, you can get back there years down the road, but for what, and how many hundreds of thousands of lost income in the process? Save some money, buy cool personal flying toys, and don't worry about all the things that aren't fun about professional flying. We all had childhood dreams of doing this in some shape/form, but there comes a point where you have driven too far down a different road to justify a u-turn, and I think you might be at that point. There are still offramps continuing forward, and I think in your case, they might be getting a cool plane and beating the piss out of it in the GA world.
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If he's not happy what kind of career do you suggest? He's at least 30 years till retirement. That's a long time to be in a job you don't like.
 
"I'm 30 and have made $200-$250k/year the past few years in sales but every other day I'm about to quit and finally get my CFI. The pay cut and worry that I'm too old to have a good airline career have kept me put. One day..."

All the money in the world won't pay for a life blighted by regret — there is greater wealth than that of gold.
 
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