flywithastick
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- Sep 16, 2002
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Gotta go with you on this one, Mr. Cooper. I chased the dream pretty hard up until about October, 2001. Have pretty well laid off, just flying my own equipment for fun and doing some freelance cfi work in my spare time.mcooper said:You're tired? I'm tired of reading self righteous posts from a-holes like you, making comments about stuff you weren't asked about!
Flying's something I've wanted to do as long as I can remember. Very well-meaning parents steered me to my nice, yet unfilfilling professional desk job. "Airlines are too volitile." "No job security." It's all true. But I wish I'd committed full bore when I was younger and didn't have kids.
I've read some posts on other parts of this board that seemed a little miffed at the presence of career changers. IMO, any objection to a career changer's presence is just plain ol' discomfort with the competition.
The rub also comes from the fact that a lot of us have money to spend on things like PFT and paying to build time (rent or buying). IMVHO, a lot of the PFT objection doesn't come from people skewing the system spending money for time. It's just plain old jealousy of these people having the money to spend on the flying.
Last - I'll put my 30-something plus flying skills up against any one of you punks any day of the week! Age plays little difference in flight below mach 1, and <7-g's.