am I a pilot whore?

[Draginass]

vclean wrote -

"Whores get paid for their services. You're a slut."



The only salient post in this thread.

 

[PilotOnTheRise]

Take that opportunity and run with it! Not many people get an opportunity like yours. Compensation will soon come, but don't push something and blow what you have!

I used to have a job working at an FBO. I had opportunities and took several to go fly with people. I cannot log it b/c of being a student pilot, but soons would have been able to start logging flights like that. I, because of my own stupidity, blew that job and lost many opportunities along with that. Looking back I would change so much to be back in that position. Don't blow it, or you will definately regret it!

 

[LearLove]

"The only salient post in this thread."

salient - Draninass has been studying for the SAT's again

 

[bobbysamd]

Salient

"The only salient post in this thread."

salient - Draninass has been studying for the SAT's again

Salient adj. 1. prominent or conspicuous: salient features . . . Random House Webster's College Dictionary, 1997 ed., at p. 1144.

Congratulations to Draginass for having an excellent vocabulary!

Another thought on pilot whoredom. Why don't we just refer to it as "employee whoredom?" Every employee is a whore, to some extent. You don't have to be in aviation to be a whore.

Think about it for a moment. Let's say that you're on salary based on a normal 9-5 workday. You get no overtime. Someone comes to you at 4:55 with a project that must go out that evening. What are you going to do? You're going to be annoyed at that person's lack of consideration and forethought, but you will finish the project. It happens again - and not only will you be annoyed at that person's lack of consideration and forethought, you will angry about being taken advantage of. But you will do the work because you need the job. Perhaps my example is extreme. You know what they're pulling on you is wrong, but you still put up with it, hoping that it will lead to bigger and better things. It is on the order of paying dues, but goes slightly beyond it.

Most people have been there, especially in entry-level jobs in fields where you need experience to get the job and you need the job to get experience. After a time, though, you've built the experience and can move on to bigger and better things.

Just some more to think about.

 

[TurboS7]

Generally you guys are talking about paying dues. PFT represents someone "cutting the corner" and not having to pay dues because they have the finances to do it. I just determined right out of college that all may income was going to come from aviation, that motivated me to do several things that I stuck with.
1)Always get paid something
2)Never pay for training
3)Always give a 100%
It paid off for me. My CFII instructor sat me down one day and explained it to me, I followed his advise and have never looked back.