cherry20's
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I sometimes wonder about a lot of things in life, but this is not one of them. If your company has a fund setup for you when you die, it might not be the best choice in future jobs. In case anyone on here is looking for a 135 job, my sugestion, don't go to Grande Aire.
Memorial Fund
Even before manned flight became possible, there have been adventurous spirits who longed to soar with eagles. Pilots are a breed apart from the rest of us. They endure long hours of flight training and rigorous testing just for the opportunity to break free from the earth and spend some time amid the clouds. Faith and fate are constant companions as they rely on a well-engineered machine to perform as designed through an atmosphere that is ever changing.
Those men and women who are at the controls of charter aircraft often fly late at night in less than ideal weather. Always on-call to fly to some remote destination, they rarely know when they wake up just where their day will end. Long hours in the air are spent on navigation and instrumentation with endless checks and crosschecks. Often their only companion on these sojourns is a disembodied voice on their headsets providing commands and vital information to help them arrive safely. Additional hours are spent on the ground awaiting the arrival of the passengers they ferry or assuring that their cargo gets to where it has to be. It is far less glamorous than most of us believe.
However, if you ask anyone who makes this lifestyle their chosen profession, they will tell you that they count themselves among the luckiest people on earth. They are passionate about what they do and, despite the inherent danger, would never consider a more mundane career.
Like any industry where risk is part of the equation, we have lost some very good friends over the years. As difficult as it is for us to lose a colleague, the impact on the surviving family never ends. The Charter Pilots Memorial Fund was established to provide financial support to the spouse and children of charter pilots who have lost their lives on duty. All proceeds go to help ease their burden by defraying real life costs such as utility bills, groceries and tuition.
I admire the fact that they do this for the families, but should they have to?
Memorial Fund
Even before manned flight became possible, there have been adventurous spirits who longed to soar with eagles. Pilots are a breed apart from the rest of us. They endure long hours of flight training and rigorous testing just for the opportunity to break free from the earth and spend some time amid the clouds. Faith and fate are constant companions as they rely on a well-engineered machine to perform as designed through an atmosphere that is ever changing.
Those men and women who are at the controls of charter aircraft often fly late at night in less than ideal weather. Always on-call to fly to some remote destination, they rarely know when they wake up just where their day will end. Long hours in the air are spent on navigation and instrumentation with endless checks and crosschecks. Often their only companion on these sojourns is a disembodied voice on their headsets providing commands and vital information to help them arrive safely. Additional hours are spent on the ground awaiting the arrival of the passengers they ferry or assuring that their cargo gets to where it has to be. It is far less glamorous than most of us believe.
However, if you ask anyone who makes this lifestyle their chosen profession, they will tell you that they count themselves among the luckiest people on earth. They are passionate about what they do and, despite the inherent danger, would never consider a more mundane career.
Like any industry where risk is part of the equation, we have lost some very good friends over the years. As difficult as it is for us to lose a colleague, the impact on the surviving family never ends. The Charter Pilots Memorial Fund was established to provide financial support to the spouse and children of charter pilots who have lost their lives on duty. All proceeds go to help ease their burden by defraying real life costs such as utility bills, groceries and tuition.
I admire the fact that they do this for the families, but should they have to?
