Divorce Rate Among Pilots?

[2000flyer]

Back in the mid-80's when I was at one of the majors they told us that their average pilot had been married 2.6 times.

Only when you're averaging 3.7 flight attendants per month

Sorry...just had to

25 years in this business, married 19 years with the same wonderful lady. Her sister was a flight attendant, brother-in-law was corporate and now retired AA pilot. They've been together over 30 years. It can be done!

2000Flyer

 

[WhiteCloud]

It takes two to make it work. The positives and negatives of the job are exactly the same things. Away from home a few days a week and an irregular work schedule can be great if that's what you both want. A little breathing room to do your own thing can be a good thing. It can be a disaster if you both don't want it. It's that way with any lifestyle. Me-flying 29 years and married 18 of them (same person)

 

[RGPilot]

cut out the lawyers, the stress, the sleepless nights. Just find a woman you hate...and buy her a house............

 

[mcjohn]

Bi-Polar Betty

"Shut the F@@@ up" in front of her parents.
Divorce and lawyers 300G's
The look on her face, Priceless!

Ahhhahaha. I almost told my wife's mother to shut the f@@@ up a while back.

 

[PHX767]

It took me 3 times to find the right one. If I had done that 36 years ago, I would have saved a lot of trouble.

 

[TWA Dude]

Flying ten years, married four consecutive months. I'm on a roll! My secret: I voted for Kerry, she voted for Dubya, and we never talk about it.

 

[mcjohn]

Flying ten years, married four consecutive months. I'm on a roll! My secret: I voted for Kerry, she voted for Dubya, and we never talk about it.

huh...

 

[pgcfii2002]

cut out the lawyers, the stress, the sleepless nights. Just find a woman you hate...and buy her a house............

Someone once told me what marriage is like....

"Just give half of everything you have to somebody you don't like!!"

 

[Fugawe]

24 yrs flying, 25 yrs married.

Either you commit or you don't, figure that out BEFORE you get married.

It ain't that tough a concept. It IS tough making it work. If you're commited, stay commited and don't make excuses.

Marriage ain't for the faint of heart, and it ain't for wimps. It ain't all sucky-face and uglies-bumpin', it's serious work with great rewards.


Fugawe

 

[JimG]

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It wasn't flying that cost me mine. (I'm not a professional and my ex-wife, a private pilot also)

It was the 3 years of remodeling our house, when my 40 y/o wife ran off with the 26 y/o kid who'd been doing the work was done.

I wish now he'd been done alot sooner, so she would have been gone sooner too.

 

[mcjohn]

You guys are gonna think a completely out of my freakin mind but that lady Dr. Laura has it all figured out. My wife reads her books. One of them is called "The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands." Her stuff works. Many women have a problem with her because they think she demands that they be more submissive to their husbands. What her concept really is, is that men are rediculously simple. Wives just need to understand that all we really care about is that out wives:

1 - Show us respect
2 - Give us sex
3 - And something else like give us food or something

But, the point being, men are so stupidly simple and if our wives figure this out and do well with the list above then we tend to treat them like gold.

Also, she states that men should be the bread winners 'cause we're wired better for it and that's what makes us happy.
She stated that children should never be subjected to day care full time.
She states that their are 3 A's to divorce. No if ands or buts, if there aren't one of these then you stick with the marrige no matter what when children are involved:
A-Abuse
A-Adultry
A-Addiction

She also has said some interesting things on her radio show such as, if someone cheats on the other (isolated instance in which the spouse feels so guilty they want to get it off their shoulders) it's best for them not to find out when children are involved b/c it will most likely break the marriage up and hurt the kids in the long run. What people don't know may not hurt them.

So if you banged a FA in Hong Kong or something and you really regret it don't ever want it to happen again, DON'T TELL YOUR WIFE! (If you have kids)

 

[mcjohn]

Is it agreed? Am I right or what? Surprised there were no responses to my last post there. Buy that book for your wives and start enjoying life again.

 

[Occam's Razor]

I guess Dr. Laura has it all figured out...except that the key is finding the person willing to follow her perscription.

Isn't that it?

You don't have to be a pseudo-shrink on the radio to figure out that "want to" trumps knowing the secret.

I'm in my 27th year of wedded bliss to the same woman, all of them as a military/airline pilot.

"Bible Thumper"? Ha! I'm an evangelical pagan.

"Wimp"? Tell that to the people I've killed. (All in the name of the United States of America, of course)

"Adultery"? Why go out for hamburger when you have steak at home?

I stood up in front of all my relatives and most of my friends and promised this chick that I would "love, honor, keep only unto, etc", and my fingers weren't crossed.

Keep your promises, and only marry someone who keeps their's.

Back to the original question: What percentage of airline pilots get divorced?

Dr. Jerry Berlin mentioned it was "higher than the national average" (in '98 when he spoke to us), but I don't recall the actual percentage.

 

[GogglesPisano]

I prefer listening to Dr Frasier Crane