Does anyone else thing flying is boring?

[waveflyer]

Like I said...."not to legitimize this thread..."

 

[pilotyip]

Not to legitimize this thread- but I did just get a reminder that flying isn't all that easy for some of us. There are many pilots who've made a career out of this that have to work real hard to stay in the game- I don't think it ever gets easy enough for them to be boring-

are you one of those "us", so this is first hand knowledge?

 

[waveflyer]

No yip, but thanks-

 

[clr4theapch]

This is on the majors board?? I thought I was reading the non aviation section... Some of the lauguage is getting a bit too discript.. from my experence here, this thread will now spiral into a smoking hole... lets me mindful of the rules here and maybe just let this die right here..

 

[SFR]

I never understood why people were doing the interview prep either.

When I interviewed at CAL I did not do any professional prep, just remembered personal experience form reviewing my logbook. No sim prep either, I flew planes for a living, why would I need to prep a profile???

If you can't be a natural then you should not be at a major....

 

[SFR]

Bye Bye to Pine Cluster, closes today at 4pm!!!! Booyah!!!!!

 

[Scope out RJ's]

This is on the majors board?? I thought I was reading the non aviation section... Some of the lauguage is getting a bit too discript.. from my experence here, this thread will now spiral into a smoking hole... lets me mindful of the rules here and maybe just let this die right here..

Now where would the fun in that be?:laugh:

 

[hughes13]

In the summer of 2009 at CAL recurrent ground they played Nickelback's song "If today was your last day" at the end of the day while they showed pictures of recently retired pilots (kinda gayish). Anyways, I thought it was ironic to play that at an airline training event since it says in the song "against the grain should be the way of life"...

The craziest part is that I told the guy next to me (who looked like he was in his early 30s) that I can't believe they were playing Nickelback. his reply was "who is Nickelback".

Are you kidding me, what 30 something year old doesn't know who Nickelback is.... unless you are living under a rock

d00d....nickelback is GAY!
Let me guess you a big Creed fan too?

 

[krewmeel]

Ok, I need to know, who else thinks that being an airline pilot is one of the most boring jobs available.

Sitting in a cockpit, basically a prisoner the entire block time of the flight, sitting bored for hours, then off to a hotel to sit for hours.... "then do it all again" - Nickelback 2010.

Who else thinks that it is brainless work?

Airbus + USA Today= Easy money.....that's all I have to say about that!

 

[bubbers44]

Airbus + USA Today= Easy money.....that's all I have to say about that!

I spent my last 7 yrs flying to TGU in Honduras. It takes away the boredom. It isn't that hard but it isn't boring. you will love it if you like adventure.

 

[SFR]

Airbus + USA Today= Easy money.....that's all I have to say about that!

Yeah, but you still have to be away from home a lot.

I like sitting at home while closing some REOs and they mail the commission to you... now THAT is easy money...

 

[Captain X]

d00d....nickelback is GAY!
Let me guess you a big Creed fan too?

Coldplay. You meant Coldplay.

 

[Turtle21]

Wow, I guess I won't see you complaining about pay then.


Amazing the responses I get on FI about this issue considering that most of you complain about the job and pay most of the time. So I throw a comment about boredom out there and BOOYAH, pay is great and time off is awesome, beats a desk job.... blah blah........very interesting.


OK, I will be back in a bit, I need to offer 10 people a titanium solution....

Ha! Imagine if you had asked if ALPA is sorta lame. You would be hearing all about the free knee pads, the great pensions, the rigs, and oh yeah, the glossy magazine.

 

[Turtle21]

I take it all back!! This job is great!!! I just finished a 3 day trip yesterday with an almost 48 hour layover. Banged a chick there at the hotel. Bid on a beach duplex and chowed at Crabby Bills....

Great layover!!!!

Dude, "chowed", "chick", and "crabs" are three words that should never be spoken together, not even within a single 48 hour period.

 

[mamba20]

Dude, I would take a lifetime of boring flights then returning home to what really counts (my family) over entertaining flying. Your an airline pilot, YOU SHOULD WANT IT TO BE BORING! Interesting can get people hurt.

 

[SFR]

Dude, I would take a lifetime of boring flights then returning home to what really counts (my family) over entertaining flying. Your an airline pilot, YOU SHOULD WANT IT TO BE BORING! Interesting can get people hurt.

You are missing the point. I think being an airline pilot is the most exciting flying that exists... the problem is that flying is boring. I don't think aerobatics or military flying is exciting either.

I am not talking about excitement = rise in adrenaline, I am talking about exciting being fulfilling... which a career in aviation is just not that fulfilling..

do you understand me now?


Merry Christmas.... remember, Jesus is the reason for the season

 

[acpilot]

You are missing the point. I think being an airline pilot is the most exciting flying that exists... the problem is that flying is boring. I don't think aerobatics or military flying is exciting either.

Unfortunately, much of airline "flying" isn't flying, it's riding. Give me a good Cessna 120/140 any day. A 1/2 hr practicing touch and go's on a dirt strip beats 2 hours of systems monitoring in a whizjet.

I am not talking about excitement = rise in adrenaline, I am talking about exciting being fulfilling... which a career in aviation is just not that fulfilling...

You're not the only one who feels that way.

 

[Vagas10]

I personally don’t find it boring, and it’s definitely not brainless. There are things to do even in cruise and takeoff departure approach and landing get really busy.

It only seems boring because the people sitting at the front of jets have all the training and experience needed to make it relatively easy to them. Take that away and it would be a harrowing experience that would end in disaster.
That defeats the purpose of airline flying though which is smooth and safe flights.

 

[Vagas10]

You guys all missed the point, I don't think flying a fighter jet is any more exciting than an airliner, in fact, I have never cared about military aviation, even as a kid.

Flying anything is basically boring. I am talking about jobs that accomplish something and actually make you think and actually pay good. I am not talking about 200k per year, I am talking about liquid, 500k+

It is funny how so many of you immediately talk about flying "something else" for fun..... typical pilots, always goes back to flying.....

Hate to break it to you, but if you have done it once you have done it 1000 times..

What’s the point of this post? We don’t agree with you. Move on.
Are you trying to convince other pilots to look for other jobs to try to justify you not liking it?

Flying isn’t for everyone that’s why there is a shortage of pilots. Go be happy doing something else.

 

[bafanguy]

I never thought flying was boring and I spent 35 years in airline flying.

I did find flying routine but my job was to make sure things were routine. If nothing happened, I'd done my job.

There's a big difference between boring and routine.

If you find flying boring I'm not sure what you expect from flying.

But I'd suggest you look at military flying where you can fly upside down, pull 6 Gs, blow up stuff on the ground or air wrestle with bad guys in other airplanes. That might be fun...for a while since I don't think they let you do that to age 65 nor could you or should you be able to do that to age 65.

If you're talking about a career producing an income to get you to the Eternal Dirt Nap without starving, perhaps you could do both the routine/boring and exciting stuff. Lots of people do.