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Old 1st November 2008 | 11:22
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Wireless
 
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I'd echo Corsair's view. I fly for an airline. I want to buy a light tailwheel aircraft in which to have some adventures on my days off. I owned one 11 years ago and miss it. When I flew twins on maritime patrols, I'd have great fun but the lifestyle could suck a bit. Girls don't like you disappearing halfway through a date to make a callout . At that time, on the little days off I had, I didn't want to go near a light aircraft.

Even with it's weird rosters (compared to a conventional office working pattern) airline flying has given me a more predictable lifestyle than GA. I enjoy it. Yes it can be tedious on 2 hour Paris cruise sometimes and I do wonder if my hand flying skills are dropping a little but you soon realise how much you have improved over the PPL days when you bring the aircraft in handflown into a small regional airport on a dark and dirty night.

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