My Uncle gave up smoking on his second bout with lung cancer. He didn't give up drinking, and yeah, he was an alcoholic. Now he should be dead any day now from liver cancer.
A Decorated Korea War Veteran, helicopter pilot, shot down several times, escaped the POW camps, fought through creating his own business -- twice, sold off the companies, survived more bad times than most of us, finally able to settle down and retire... only to use his savings to pay for cancer treatments and his burial plot.
A glass of wine or a beer at dinner is one thing... stumbling drunk is another. I don't see anything romantic or sexy about a pilot that is barfing his guts out the night before a flight.
A fine cigar is just as deadly as the cheap cigarette, except it costs more.
And the companies that sell the addictive products just keep laughing all the way to the bank as it takes years for their clients to die off. Yes, I know, chocolate kills, but only if you take it away from me.
But, I digress, a question: Has your night vision improved any since stopping the smokes? Do you get less fatigued after a flight? Are you feeling any less desperate about finding a good place to smoke after landing? Is your wallet getting harder to sit on with more money in it now? What benefits are you seeing?
Fly SAFE!
Jedi Nein
A Decorated Korea War Veteran, helicopter pilot, shot down several times, escaped the POW camps, fought through creating his own business -- twice, sold off the companies, survived more bad times than most of us, finally able to settle down and retire... only to use his savings to pay for cancer treatments and his burial plot.
A glass of wine or a beer at dinner is one thing... stumbling drunk is another. I don't see anything romantic or sexy about a pilot that is barfing his guts out the night before a flight.
A fine cigar is just as deadly as the cheap cigarette, except it costs more.
And the companies that sell the addictive products just keep laughing all the way to the bank as it takes years for their clients to die off. Yes, I know, chocolate kills, but only if you take it away from me.
But, I digress, a question: Has your night vision improved any since stopping the smokes? Do you get less fatigued after a flight? Are you feeling any less desperate about finding a good place to smoke after landing? Is your wallet getting harder to sit on with more money in it now? What benefits are you seeing?
Fly SAFE!
Jedi Nein
