Flameout... All Ops staff are frustrated wannabe's! I seriously hope this is not the view of the majority of aircrew about Ops bod's. If it is no wonder the poor boy has problems with his crew.
Envious....? Maybe sometimes, but only because airline senior management has always viewed Ops as a department that does nothing but cost, cost, cost.(At least thats the way it used to be when I sat in an Ops room.) They don't have that view of u lot. So, maybe, on the odd occasion, envious of that. But I have never wanted to be a pilot. I don't like the 'suitcase' lifestyle and I never grew up as a Kid dreaming of pushing buttons at FL300.
Having said that you do get a lot of PPL's "this could be my big break" types looking for jobs. Generally they make the worst Ops people in the world. And if any of them want to know why, in the words of a great Jedi.
"Your mind is always on where you are going, never where you are at now".
Regards,
[This message has been edited by You splitter (edited 21 October 2000).]