Good morning Fellow aviators,
Originally Posted by
a350pilots
Try to distinguish yourself
from the company BS, and your flying profession. If you cannot cope, try perhaps part-time, change company, or build up a side business you will be able
to live on for the next 20 years. A lifetime is too precious to do what you don't want to do. Consider some council help, good companies offer
counseling support. All the best in your endeavors!
That's exactly what i am doing. Even if the job is not the highlight anymore, i refrain myself from BS the company. There is still a part of me feeling grateful that i can do this job and having a decent wage and some good time off. ( i already work part time). I feel some of my peers have no clue what it means to work for a !!!!e company, which i did in the past. There are quite some few who moan a lot, and i must say, it is sometimes very tiring to hear this BS talk whole flight long. (I am not saying that the company is perfect, there are some issues....but like everywhere else). Even it is not always easy for me, mental wise, i stay and want to stay professional, for myself and for the company. In fact yesterday before going to bed, i realised that i spent already quite some time in aviation, it just would be a pitty to leave that all behind in a blink of an eye. I invested too much time, money and emotions to give up.
This having said, i already did some counselling in the mean time. I am not saying this is a holy grail but it feels good to talk with someone who is objective and seeing things in a different perspective. It is always good to talk with somebody who is not in aviation. They see things differently. They can not provide you with tailor made solutions, thats up to you. But at least they make you think. At the moment i am dividing my attention more over things that i always love to do and even took a new hobby which in fact i really enjoy a lot. It gives me some rest in my head not having to think about my job in my leisure time.
Left seat upgrade is at the moment not an option for me. Too much studying and i really feel there needs to be a deep drive doing this and wanting to prove yourself. And again, i feel i would have to sacrifice too much off time for that. I feel that some peers (and i might be incorrect) are going to light over it. It is a vacancy with high reponsibility and commitment. It is not a walk in the park. Period. I do see the advantage of it as well. Like a previous poster said: you fly with your favourite captain everyday. (y). I don't close the door for it, it might happen, but just not now and i am happy with that.
What i value now a lot more, (and it might be a contra-aviation-mental-state) i am trying to live more in the 'NOW' moment. That's the only moment that really exist. And yes, when flying, i try to see and enjoy the good moments of the job. Despite many of us don't see, there are still some. Try to see yourself sitting behind a desk from 9-5, day in day out.
What the future will bring, i don't know and to be honest, i don't care. I will see what it will bring to me. As long life is treating me nice, i am open for everything.
Time for a good cup of coffee now.
Thank's all for replying.