What is this job to you?

What is this job to you?

  • Just a business decision. I’m in it for the money.

    Votes: 10 9.7%

  • I’ve loved airplanes since I was a kid, what else would I do?!

    Votes: 78 75.7%

  • I like my job, but I don’t geek out about airplanes or airline history.

    Votes: 30 29.1%
  • Total voters
    103
🦈💜 said:
Sidebar: I had a Make A Wish girl on my flight the other day who just wanted to see the flight deck. I would have disassembled the airplane to give her the thrust levers if she'd asked.

After she left, the FO said "Hey, maybe she'll be a pilot when she grows up" and I had to excuse myself.
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I’m glad you feel that way about kids on the deck. I do too.

I hope you slapped the FO.

Edit: gah. I’m not right.

Part of me hopes you slapped him. The *better* part of me hopes you….educated…that FO.
 
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killbilly said:
I’m glad you feel that way about kids on the deck. I do too.

I hope you slapped the FO.

Edit: gah. I’m not right.

Part of me hopes you slapped him. The *better* part of me hopes you….educated…that FO.
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I just suggested he research Make A Wish, and he self-educated.
 
Screaming_Emu said:
I get this when hand flying or driving a twisty mountain road in my Alfa. I tell people it’s the only time I can mute all my thoughts and just be in the moment.
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Which is why when people say, "don't hand fly" I'm immediately suspicious of them.

"oh, you don't like this?"

It's like a person who claims they like their commute.
 
I'll be quite honest regarding this subject. There was a time that I was so enthusiastic about aviation that I had zero days off for months, I was either at school figuring out the fixing sticks, working as a line guy and describing myself as a petroleum distillate engineer to the ladies, working on news helicopters, cleaning airplanes after hours or volunteering to work for free on a legendary air racer. All of that experience served me well and I've seen, done and experienced things that I'd not trade for anything. But after over 30 years the luster has worn off, it looks amazing to someone just starting out and I try to foster that enthusiasm but it seems as if the "newbies" become disenchanted more and more quickly. Maybe that's my fault, I won't paint a picture of riches and vacation homes because I'm not a silver tongued devil. I'll tell them about my experience and how some things absolutely helped and others hindered progression in my particular corner. I'm fairly certain the majority of them expect to have my job two years after getting their A/P and when that doesn't happen they have a tendency to get grumpy. I'm fully aware that the world has changed and the opportunities I was afforded are nonexistent and I can't blame them for not having a passion for aviation like I once did. I hate to say that I hate airplanes, or any other flying contraption, but I haven't found joy in aviation for a long time. It just pays the bills. I will still look up if I hear an airplane fly over.
 
derg said:
ME ME ME!!! Let’s talked about ME!
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Huh? He asked the question. So I answered. Sometimes you’re a weird enigma. I thought the original purpose of this site was to ask and have aviation questions answered. I didn’t see him complain about my post so why are you?
 
A300Capt said:
Growing up just south of you in Cape Girardeau, MO during my late teen years, I use to drive up to Lambert just to watch the big jets all day. Yep, I was an airliner nerd and the only way to watch airliners back then was to actually go to the airport. No YouTube or Internet.

I agree about GA being just a means to an end. I never really *loved* GA but since the military didn’t want me I had to choose an alternative route. I did try to go back to my GA roots after making Capt at UPS and got involved with a partnership in a Cessna 310. I figured I had “made it”, had a little extra money in my pocket and maybe would have a different perspective on flying “puddle jumpers” again since it was a want and not a need anymore. Yup…that was a mistake! Between the constant never ending bills and worrying about the weather when planning family vacation trips, the shine wore off real quick. I could’ve bought first class tickets for my family each time with the money spent and I could’ve sat back while drinking an alcoholic beverage and let someone else worry about the weather.
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When I first got into airline aviation, around 12, I got all the airline timetables and merged them together and picked the best time to go to the airport. Id get in the back of the truck (redneck avgeek combo) and video with one of those giant cameras. All kinds of cringe narration I am sure!
 
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