Nice Lead
Thanks for the lead on those other threads...very useful. Reminds me of law enforcement. When you're 22 years old, and the adrenalin that pumps through you when you get into that first foot chase, going after a guy who just bailed out of a stolen car, jumping fences and running through the shadows, not knowing if he's armed or how big of a fight he has in him. You live for those moments, but then find that most of your daily routine is taking reports from people who either hate the police, or at the very least want to tell you how to do your investigation (their suggestions always seem to mirror something from a Matlock episode). Over time, the foot chases become more of a bother, you get tired of getting complaints filed against you every time you stop a drug-dealer, and you begin to realize that you can't help people who don't want to be helped. At the same time, though, you realize that you just can't seem to pull away from the orange glow of those damn street lights, getting in the middle of drunken fist fights as the el-train rattles by, and that feeling of accomplishment you have when you and your partners manage to corner a fleeing suspect from an armed robbery and take him into custody. So, just like any other career, it's the good and bad together. We'd all like it to be just the good, but that's not reality. Ultimately, I'd like to be able to get into police aviation, as that would tie 2 of my passions together. It's basically a matter of risk assessment for me if I look at a career change. I'd be looking at a little more money, and a little less security. If nothing else, if I never make it past my discovery flight, I will at least have had the experience of pulling onto that runway, gunning it, and lifting into the air at least once. That's something that few people get to do, something that man spent centuries trying to do before it became possible. So, as for making it a career, that decision is yet to be determined. As for flying, I'm going to do that one way or the other, even if I never see the cockpit of anything other than a cessna!