Not exactly. I'd rather read a newspaper than fly a DC9. :uzi:
I'd rather have DC9s on the property and be flying than at home looking for work in the news paper.
Let us not forget the days we thought we were cool jumping in the piper Seminole.
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Not exactly. I'd rather read a newspaper than fly a DC9. :uzi:
I'd rather have DC9s on the property and be flying than at home looking for work in the news paper.
Let us not forget the days we thought we were cool jumping in the piper Seminole.
I, for one, do. I actually like flying instead of pushing buttons. I will leave the -9 the day they displace me off of it. Until then, I will happily fly that airplane around the eastern US for three or four (sometimes five) legs a day knowing that this is, more or less, my last chance to actually be a pilot and fly an airplane instead of program it. Call me crazy, but I somewhat enjoy an airplane that I have to manage instead of vice-versa. I like the fact that I know how to make a 40 year old autopilot fly smoothly. I like the fact that when I land I can hit 1.6 EPR in reverse just by the sound of the engines.
I came from button-pushing. I jumpseat with button-pushers. I appreciate the automation and the ease it brings to the job. But for now, and for the foreseeable future, I like being given the opportunity to actually fly a damn airplane. When they're gone and I get kicked off the thing, I can push buttons with the best of them, but for now I'd rather fly.
If you want to push buttons for a living, more power to you. I won't be gunning for your spot post SOC. You can push buttons to your heart's content (unless, of course, they don't open a DC-9 base in ATL... then all bets are off. I'll happily push buttons for a living if I get to drive to work!!!)
I would rather be a first officer on the 9 than a captain at Compass flying a 175. If you're flying a 9, you're in the game.
Heyas,
Great post. Some of the best flying ANYWHERE is on the -9 out of MSP to points west. Once on the center freq, it's "fly 285, proceed direct when able, climb to 350". You start down when YOU want to start down, and most of the time they ask what runway/approach you want.
Heck, some places, you still need to talk to flight service to get your clearance in the morning. Gasp...the HORROR of making a CTAF call and remembering to click up the lights.
Compared with the continuous ATC chatter/vectors/reroutes/speeds of the coasts and hubs, it's a little bit of flying heaven.
Nu
I'd rather have DC9s on the property and be flying than at home looking for work in the news paper.