milehigh6080
working again, for now.
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- Apr 11, 2004
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Coincidentally enough, I just wound up having about a 30 minute conversation in an FBO with a guy who retired early from Delta 2 years ago and wanted to get back into GA. He referred to himself as a "born again pilot" and says that he's finally having fun again. His first job out of Delta was Airnet, he spent a couple months here and then moved onto a corporate job close to his home. He was saying that although he only spent a short time at Airnet, he was impressed with the operation in general and the training department in particular. He said he thought it was as good as any training he had recieved in his career and he thought it was on par with Delta.
The reason I bring this up here is that although flying pt 135 freight is an entry level job for most of us, that does not mean that it's all a bunch of cowboys flying around making up their own rules as they go. If a guy who had just spent 25 years at a legacy carrier can have a positive impression of the operation as a whole, it tells me that regardless of the bravado that we like to have when sitting around the FBO (or on flightinfo) telling lies like all pilots do, it's a safe operation and it's not entirely composed of misfits who only fly freight because it's the only place they can go.
All pilots like telling their tales of adventure, but we're a professional and safe operation and it was nice to have a seasoned professional recognize that. I think the stories of heroism and adventure are great, but there are unfortunately a bunch of people on this board and in real life who are on a short fuse and can't wait to jump on your back for making a slight exaggeration- that's why I'd rather keep the baiting such as the thunderstorm thread to more of a private forum like starcheck55 or in the FBO over coffee, there's no need to cultivate a negative reputation that we really don't deserve.
The reason I bring this up here is that although flying pt 135 freight is an entry level job for most of us, that does not mean that it's all a bunch of cowboys flying around making up their own rules as they go. If a guy who had just spent 25 years at a legacy carrier can have a positive impression of the operation as a whole, it tells me that regardless of the bravado that we like to have when sitting around the FBO (or on flightinfo) telling lies like all pilots do, it's a safe operation and it's not entirely composed of misfits who only fly freight because it's the only place they can go.
All pilots like telling their tales of adventure, but we're a professional and safe operation and it was nice to have a seasoned professional recognize that. I think the stories of heroism and adventure are great, but there are unfortunately a bunch of people on this board and in real life who are on a short fuse and can't wait to jump on your back for making a slight exaggeration- that's why I'd rather keep the baiting such as the thunderstorm thread to more of a private forum like starcheck55 or in the FBO over coffee, there's no need to cultivate a negative reputation that we really don't deserve.