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Old 25th Mar 2019, 17:02
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flash8
 
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Originally Posted by Stan Woolley
If you recognise anything I’ve talked about. Speak to a Doctor.
I can only agree, Stan, in my case, issues with mental health pushed me into (voluntary) walking, just couldn't take the stress, the earlies (my god, they almost killed me), some nasty colleagues (look back at my posts around 2006'ish) and just at the end of my tether, and this was my first flying job, straight out of a CPL/IR and managed to last just over two years. They were (looking back) the best of times and the worst. But... flying as a career wasn't for me.

Resorted back to my previous profession, once currency went so did any option of returning to flying, not that I wanted to, the year after quitting (2007) I look back as the happiest of my life. I now do Software Consultancy, the very same I were in before I undertook training.

It's just not worth sacrificing your health if you have issues, if you do, you'll one day regret it.
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