Originally Posted by Tui Hat Wearing Son
Ah! your point is noted!
It was not a point that I had realised.
I'm sure it must be a point of much jealously and contention.
Oooooh, careful there son. Ivory towers and all that
Quite the opposite actually. On the one hand I could be putzing around the bush for the whole of my life in a clapped out C206 filled with fragrant locals consoling myself that although I may not be earning enough to feed and clothe my family properly (who had no say in my calling to serve some mythical deity but suffer the consequences anyway) I'm doing the Lord's work for her.
Or on the other I can be flying aircraft and passengers right at the other end of the aviation spectrum, earning a living wage and generally enjoying myself.
Smug? No. Just pleased that my time flying the locals and dodging the MAF missiles paid off.