Originally Posted by
Dan Winterland
It's a function of the job. Heavily SOP based with little recourse to skill or judgement, rosters which use the FTLs at targets, not limits and management who offer no respect and are only too keen to blame. Not to mention the constant onslaught on terms and conditions. Flying is boring and I go to work with little or no enthusiasm for the job. I won't be flying for much longer I feel.
I agree. A high level of automation, no real skill required, it's turned into a technocratic memory test. Everyday is about managing/fighting fatigue with no job satisfaction.
I will be done this year, after 40 years its no longer what I signed up for.