Despite all the woes of the industry.....

[suupah]

Do you enjoy your flying job? What are the best parts of it?

 

[Knob]

Of course its a great job, somebody gives you a $20 million airplane and says "Bring it back in 4 days & don't break it!"

 

[shamrock]

What are the best parts of it?

The time off and the good people (for the most part) that I work with.

somebody gives you a $20 million airplane and says "Bring it back in 4 days & don't break it!"

If only I could choose where to take that $20 million airplane. Places like Tulsa, Cleveland, and Monroe LA definitely wouldn't be on the list if I had anything to do with it.

 

[ex j-41]

If only I could choose where to take that $20 million airplane. Places like Tulsa, Cleveland, and Monroe LA definitely wouldn't be on the list if I had anything to do with it.

Its a crazy world when i dream of flying to Cleveland over the hick places we fly!

But really this is a great job. Other than the Hotels, city's we fly to, scheduling, airport food, nutty van drivers, fat flight attendents and i mean fat.

 

[flyslow24]

Based in DCA pretty neat airport to fly in and out of.

I live 10 minutes from the airport and ride my bike to work.

Bid last out reserve and fly about 20 hours per month and get paid 75.

Spend most days on reserve outdoors biking, running, site seeing, ect.


Not bad!

 

[Prop2Jet]

I don't think I have a job yet.... I love my part 121 hobby. My days off suck! Hey Sup "carry my bag"

 

[CrownandCoke]

I enjoy flying the airplane, working with good captains and flight attendants, goign to fun places like Boston and New York City. I enjoy the freedom that comes with being able to take an airplane 1000 miles away from home and get there in 3 hours.

Do I enjoy everything about it. No. Scheduling is not fun to deal with, and the people that are disgruntled get very frusturating. But overall, this is a fun job and I do enjoy what I do.

 

[suupah]

Based in DCA pretty neat airport to fly in and out of.

I live 10 minutes from the airport and ride my bike to work.

Bid last out reserve and fly about 20 hours per month and get paid 75.

Spend most days on reserve outdoors biking, running, site seeing, ect.


Not bad!

do you sport your stripes and tie when biking to work?

 

[suupah]

I like flying in CRAPPY weather, stiff crosswinds, heavy turbulence on final with nothing but two nuts and a prayer!<------DRAMATIZATION

But for real other than the insecurity in the industry and crappy pay/lifestyle....the job itself is awesome!

P2J...take mine 2 miles!

 

[skytrash969]

The only thing I don't really like is going to the crashpad and sleeping on an air-mattress....thats the low point of this job for me.

 

[wxman]

The best part of the job..... the view from up front. You see things that very few people ever will. Awesome sunsets, the full moon rising from below, the geography of this country, thunderstorms at night (hopefully from a safe distance).

Is it worth all of the BS parts? I don't know, but I'll try to enjoy the view whenever I can.

 

[Trogdor]

One of my favorite things is blasting through a low overcast layer to reveal a clear blue sky above. I always think about how no one stuck on the ground that day will realize how nice and clear it is above just 500 or so feet.

 

[snap145]

I only do it cuzz chicks dig it...oh wait!

 

[Dave Benjamin]

Best part of the job is the people I work with. Fantastic group. I'm not just talking about the FO's and FA's either. There's some really good people in every department from MX to the ramp. Although many (most?) of us are married and have busy lives away from work we still socialize once in a while and when someone is in a crisis we'll band together and do what we can to help.

 

[CopilotDoug]

Doing 250 indicated at 3,000

 

[KingAir1985]

The time off and the good people (for the most part) that I work with.



If only I could choose where to take that $20 million airplane. Places like Tulsa, Cleveland, and Monroe LA definitely wouldn't be on the list if I had anything to do with it.

HAHAHAHA. I am sorry for you having to go to Monroe. Next time you are in town I'll buy you a beer to sooth the pain.

 

[CopilotDoug]

Here's a few others I just thought of:

1) Not having to do everyone elses job for them
2) Not having to "wear different hats"
3) Constantly changing scenery
4) Keeps your mental skills up to speed i.e. math
5) Already been mentioned but needs emphasis, best group of people you could work with

 

[Peter Griffin]

I still dont get tired of leveling off about 100' on top of an overcast stratus layer, in the late evening, with blue sky above. Looking out in front of you you get the impression you're traveling 1000000 mph. Reminds me of that part in dumb and dumber in the car where he pretends he's running.

Commuting still blows though.

 

[Lownslo]

Doing 300 indicated at 25

 

[av8er2]

Not really.

 

[paviator]

You'll find a lot of complaining on this website, as well as some genuine concern regarding contract negotiations, etc. But...

If anyone as lived any kind of life experience knows that there are problems in every job, at every employer without exception.

Every day flying professionally has different challenges...some management induced, others equipment, ATC, or by weather. It still kicks butt on sitting in an office...IF you were wired to fly. You can't beat the view out the window.

Chicken Littles will always abound. If an aviation career is your desire, don't worry about the environment, go for it and live.

 

[Knightball]

Free coffee, morning pastries, and USA Today Sodukus are a plus. And it sure beats the office politics and arse kissing your cubicle buddies put up with on a daily basis.

Good crews, top notch views of St. Elmo's fire and the Northern Lights are some of my favorites.

 

[Captain Overs]

Banging Flight Attendants is the best perk.

 

[Trogdor]

248 to the marker.

 

[olympus593]

+ I like flying the plane, Based in the best base in the company, Great F/O
( except a couple of tools ), get laid once in a blue moon, HHH, ITH overnight...

-TSA, F/A ( some of them ), PHL, 14H+ duty day and all the BS that come with that job.

 

[CopilotDoug]

248 to the marker.

That's a shame...life doesn't happen until 250 to the marker

 

[VeeOne]

- Working with a great crew
- Parking my jet and not clocking out
- No catering, cleaning, scrubbing, loading, unloading..........just some occassional babysitting of an FA
- Not bringing work home
- 14+ days off
Oh, and not knowing your boss' name........priceless.

 

[Way2Broke]

This thread needs some more added to it.....

 

[siucavflight]

I love my job, everymorning pack up my back pack, gel up my hair, and throw on my IPOD.

 

[Occam's Razor]

1. Any time you're in a group of adults and a little kid asks you what you do for living...
2. The stockpile of tiny soaps, shampoo, and conditioner in my bathroom cabinet.
3. "Ooo, sorry! I'm flying that day!" is the ultimate get-out-of-stupid-things excuse ever!
4. Being the only Dad at the mid-week 2nd grade choir concert.
5. Telling old ladies who ask what's in those black bags all pilots carry: "Parachutes" (with a straight face)
6. The inner-smugness you feel when you hear a guy prattle on about the crushing piles of paperwork he has "on my desk at work".
7. Riding with SWA guys in the hotel van, and asking 'em: "So, what aircraft are you one now?" (That one never gets old!)
8. The nurse at my AME's office is uber-Hot! (I'm sportin' wood right now just thinking about her putting the EKG leads on me!)
9. The acronyms! An effective weapon when you're crammed next to an inquisitive pax while deadheading.
10. "The sunburn? Oh, I had a long layover in Honolulu. Wow! Looks like we got a lot of snow last few days!"