Flywrite
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TheBigH said:Yea they do cuz I show up with a smile to work ...
H,
I respect and admire the fact that you go to work with a smile on your face, too many in this business (and many others) do not. My implication that others may not look forward to flying with you may be incorrect, you may be a heck of a guy, but your comments in this thread point in another direction.
You seem to be smiling at work because (not "cuz") you used to make a lot of money (somewhere in the 250K+ range seems to be what you are claiming based on earlier comments). Because of this money and a wife who supports you (and who you go home to "do"...classy...) you dont care how much you make.
If you take a daytrip to the world where most of us fly you will find that this is usually not the situation for many of the guys you think enjoy flying with you.
Many of them do not have large savings accounts and wives who support them. Many of them have wives who themselves are making sacrifices so that they can pursue a dream of flying for a "living". They may have a couple of kids who are getting reduced lunches as school because Dad flies for the Colgan family and mom had to give up her career because Dad is gone so much and daycare is not available or cost effective.
Maybe these pilots are not so happy that there is always some doofus ready and willing to fly for peanuts and who dont give a rat's rear about anyone else because they have what they want.
That, BigH is why I can imagine why others may not like flying with you, because like many others starting out in this business, all you care about is what YOU want and what works for YOU.
Just remember next time you're sitting there in your big King Air grinning like a monkey that the guy in the other seat may not look so happy because he has a sick kid who needs expensive medication, but he is struggling to pay for it on the salary he makes flying 120 hours a month.
That is what we mean when we speak of lowering the bar.
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