Hey, stop compaining (soo much),
Before I start, after reading many forums on pprune I have read many, many dissapointing posts which b**ch about typeo errors. Please grow up and stop being so condesending. Some of you feel that marriges break up due to a lack of quality time. With personalities like that it's possible its because your a complete
pr*t.
I choose between being a pilot and being a geography teacher. As I met the love of my life I knew I should choose to be a teacher. Or should I: someone quoted the minimum pay for a teacher as 31k. Nonsence. Wether you work for Ryanair of BA consider this before you decide wether or not the grass is greener in another profession.
The Teaching profession
1. Starting salary = 21k
For that you don't get:
*Free Buxton water and food ( yes I can't beleive M&S haven't given me shares as I've bought half the stock in Hounslow)
*Autoteacher button for that stormy appoach by a class/parent
*Any time off where you leave your work at work
However; you are lucky enough to get:
* Classes from Dangerous Minds whereby chairs are thrown, fights breakout, pupils square up to you and parents want to take legal action (and thats just the Gumley school if your familier with Hounslow)
* 11 ro 18 hour days (yes no co-teacher to take over for me)
* As a new teacher forget your weekends; you will work 7 day weeks for 6 weeks at a go. Hense at half-term teachers regain their health (if you choose not to plan your lessons, classes will decend into a circus - remember you will be required to entertain your pupils just to get their attention!)
* Forget relaxing on holiday you will be planning, marking, class preps, report writing, and organising fieldwork (yes you have the power to send me to jail if little i've had to many E numbers Jonny sneaks off at night or legs it into a fast flowing river)
*Teachers often marry teachers as know one else rarely understands the pressure were under and the workload we carry. Marriges and families often suffer (so i've herd).
HOWEVER; as I hope is the case with you, my job gives me an emense sence of job satisfaction despite the working conditions. The more you put in, the more you get out. Sometimes what you put in is forced upon you, but thats life!!
In addition, how dare some of you say that some pilots at Ryanair are prosituting themselves. If some FOs want to get some hours under their belt and want to do it the hard way then let them be.
As for young wannabes not knowing what their letting themselves in for. Nonsence. Extreamly tough selection processes will detect unsuspecting wannabes very easiliy. Why would anyone invest a right seat in a wannabe who then turns round and says - "well if your not going to give me Buxton water; i'm off".
My point is that, if your intelligent, abitious, like working in a team, having responsibility the likleyhood is that only tough and challenging jobs will give you a sense of job satisfaction. Therefore, unless you want to do a mindless jobs then there are very few easy jobs out there which will not affect your personal health and familiy life. I think, either change career and give it a go, or other stop complaining and where your wings with some bl***y pride.
Because if you think being a pilot is hard then give the teaching or law or accounting, or police, banking, consultency, sales, self-employed, civil service professions a shot.
Apologies for any typo erros. If there are I clearly do not have the commuication skills/apitute to be a pilot.
Oh, p.s. If you do want a stable job whereby you will be streched intellectually and you like a challenge then pick up an application from McDonalds's. Choose a fanchise: the real McDonalds will sha*t you every time.