Of course it becomes just a job every now and then. So does every job. Did you ever work on a film? Glamourous? Exciting? yeah right! That's why actors love awards ceremonies. It's practically the only glamourous part of the profession.. .. .It's pretty much the same with piloting there's a lot of humdrum day to day tiring old routine. But every now and then you see something or feel something or do something which only pilots can experience. If it becomes a just a job then consider the alternatives. For most people their life, with occasional exceptions is one long drawn out monotone existence. They live in colour such as they can with their families or loved ones or on occasional holidays. The rest of the time they eke out their existence along the muddy bottom of the athmosphere just getting by in a state of quiet desperation. Usually they hit their forties and wonder what the hell they did with their lives. What happened to their dreams and hopes and ambitions, their life.. .. .If as a pilot you see yourself reflected above, then perhaps you are in the wrong job. Management mess you about in every job, the shift kills you and the hours sap your strength. But you became a pilot to fly, didn't you? If the flying no longer compensates then you know what to do. But you'll look long and hard to find something that replaces the feelings it engenders. . .. .Someone once said to me that the bitterest people he knew were grounded pilots. Sometimes it is better to be up there wishing you were on the ground than down there wishing you were flying.. . . . <small>[ 08 March 2002, 01:57: Message edited by: Steepclimb ]</small>