Easey Glider the point you make about management, which in fairness is often quoted by pilots as one of the banes of their lives, surely can be just as valid in any industry, anywhere across the globe.
With all due respect to you and other pilots who often quote this, this is never mentioned as a counterbalance point of view. I've worked in industry for several years and yes, we grumbled about management, pay and conditions, bonuses etc etc.....as do pilots, doctors, nurses, engineers etc etc...
I do see your point that a fair amount of wannabes do seem a tad blinkered at times and that flying after some time is a job, nothing more, nothing less, but in fairness (yes I am just a wannabe too nothing more, although family and friends are commercial pilots so a small insight into the industry), I can't think of anything I'd rather be doing for a living (yes if I won the lottery, I could think of stack loads I'd rather be doing), but as far as employment is concerned, flying is what I have chosen for various reasons.
It's always good to see (constructive) opinions from all sides and particulary one like yours having been there and lived it (as opposed to the "opinion" of the chap who started this thread, wind up one thinks), sometimes such a perspective is needed to provide some balance.
But I'd also say give folks the chance to discover for themselves what they are in for, the good and the bad.
All the best,
GB.
Last edited by GonvilleBromhead; 17th April 2002 at 07:54.