RVSM,
Kudos to you for being a real man and a great father. I suspect, as I get older with kids of my own, that so many of us have some degree of disillusionment (is that a real word?) and restricted hope for our own lives. The love for my children far outweighs desires for personal enrichment. Sounds to me like you have it as right as it can be.
Skyline,
You pretty much summed up my feelings exactly. I don't think very many people here can really understand these feelings until they experience them. I have been an airline pilot for well over a decade and yet I am a probie at a very stagnant regional (which I already spent 5 years at in a previous tour). I am here because I cling to the known and certain - airline piloting (and because I can be based where I want to live). I am seriously considering a move to corporate flying, or even to non-flying work, but I just can't seem to pull the trigger. I took this job thinking I could ride it out 'til the left seat comes, but that will be take so long that it is practically financial suicide. This is, of course, not to mention the sour feelings stirred by some of the children on here who currently Captain jets on many of the routes I used to fly as a mainline pilot. I, too, feel beaten - yet I cannot seem to say "uncle".
FYI, for those who think this is whining....I absolutely take full personal responsibility (seemingly a novel concept nowadays, but I digress...) for the choices I've made: a few good, most quite poor. That doesn't make it any easier on my psyche, however.
Now back to your regularly scheduled banter....
Kudos to you for being a real man and a great father. I suspect, as I get older with kids of my own, that so many of us have some degree of disillusionment (is that a real word?) and restricted hope for our own lives. The love for my children far outweighs desires for personal enrichment. Sounds to me like you have it as right as it can be.
Skyline,
You pretty much summed up my feelings exactly. I don't think very many people here can really understand these feelings until they experience them. I have been an airline pilot for well over a decade and yet I am a probie at a very stagnant regional (which I already spent 5 years at in a previous tour). I am here because I cling to the known and certain - airline piloting (and because I can be based where I want to live). I am seriously considering a move to corporate flying, or even to non-flying work, but I just can't seem to pull the trigger. I took this job thinking I could ride it out 'til the left seat comes, but that will be take so long that it is practically financial suicide. This is, of course, not to mention the sour feelings stirred by some of the children on here who currently Captain jets on many of the routes I used to fly as a mainline pilot. I, too, feel beaten - yet I cannot seem to say "uncle".
FYI, for those who think this is whining....I absolutely take full personal responsibility (seemingly a novel concept nowadays, but I digress...) for the choices I've made: a few good, most quite poor. That doesn't make it any easier on my psyche, however.
Now back to your regularly scheduled banter....
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