Often people forget to consider other flying jobs besides airlines. My background is in law enforcement, and I made the jump to an airline not too long ago. I would have to agree with comments from Bobbysamd and Nonstop.
What I have finally realized is that the interesting part is learning something new, not doing the same old thing every day. In reality, flying a Boeing is no different than a Baron, just done with more precision. The Boeing however takes me away for longer from home, family, and friends. One jetway looks like all the others too. An ILS is an ILS. Hotel food isn't good or cheap.
Someday when you've past forty you'll start thinking about the past and how you could have done things differently. When you are 24 one looks only looking into the future. There is great value in comments posted on this board, even though some are painful to read. But like every parent or flight instructor will tell you, sometimes you must allow the child/student to make mistakes to learn from them. The original poster of this thread is young and still has alot to learn.
It doesn't suprise me that some think older wiser folks are negative sounding, but don't ask for opinions if you don't want to hear them. There is alot of 'been there done that' here.
Either way, I hope you learn something from all this and do whatever makes happy when you are forty, and starting to look back.
What I have finally realized is that the interesting part is learning something new, not doing the same old thing every day. In reality, flying a Boeing is no different than a Baron, just done with more precision. The Boeing however takes me away for longer from home, family, and friends. One jetway looks like all the others too. An ILS is an ILS. Hotel food isn't good or cheap.
Someday when you've past forty you'll start thinking about the past and how you could have done things differently. When you are 24 one looks only looking into the future. There is great value in comments posted on this board, even though some are painful to read. But like every parent or flight instructor will tell you, sometimes you must allow the child/student to make mistakes to learn from them. The original poster of this thread is young and still has alot to learn.
It doesn't suprise me that some think older wiser folks are negative sounding, but don't ask for opinions if you don't want to hear them. There is alot of 'been there done that' here.
Either way, I hope you learn something from all this and do whatever makes happy when you are forty, and starting to look back.
