In The Game

[Sharpie]

Sound familiar?
Thanks Bill.

YOU MIGHT BE IN THE AIRCRAFT INDUSTRY IF ...

1. You work in the same hangar for 4 years and worked for 8 different managers. Or have moved 10 times in two years and have never known who your boss was.
2. Your resume is on a diskette in your pocket.
3. Someone asks you what you do for a living and you lie.
4. You get really excited about a 2% pay increase.
7. Its dark on your drive to and from work.
11. food left over from a flight is your main staple.
13. All real work is done prior to 8:00am and after 4:30pm.
16. Your bosses favourite lines are ...
"When you get a few minutes ..."
"We have a new culture that will enable us to ..."
"We have a new engineering vice-president."
"This reorganisation will allow us to streamline our way of doing business, of becoming more competitive."
17. 99% of the people in your company do not know what you do.
18. 99% of the people in your company do not care what you do.
19. Vacation is something you rollover to next year.
20. Change is the norm.
22. Your company announces no pay increase because it is investing money in a new aircraft development.
23. Your company announces no pay increase because the airline industry is in a downturn, but your boss gets voted "man of the year in aerospace"
24. Your fear to fly is becoming even worse.
25. Everyone at the company says that without his work there would be no aircraft.
26. An ordinary secretary has more power than an old engineer.
27. You read this entire list and understand it.

[splashman]

Love It, I laughed until I realised it's so true.....Well done, a great forum topic

[rgmgbg01]

you might be in aviation if....

You spent $50,000 and two years of your life training and five years as an "apprentice" to end up in a job that pays less than a postman!

[tio540]

You might be in aviation if

you had more money in the bank when you were in high school.

[Aerodynamisist]

Numbers 1, 2, 7 and 26 are perfectly true of my current situation number 26 annoys me the most.

[vh_ajm]

Brilliant list. And I actually DID have more money in high school. But happier now.

[Roger Copy Ta]

You might be in aviation if...

How about this list you whinging maggots:


1. You love to fly
2. You love working with/in/around aircraft
3. You enjoy your job
4. You don’t work a day in your life because it’s actually a hobby
5. You followed your childhood dreams and succeeded
6. Your friends and family are proud of you and even jealous
7. Passengers getting off your plane often comment on a great flight
8. Passengers getting off your plane often comment on your great job and how lucky you are
9. You wake up wanting to go to work
10. Your pay isn’t great but the future is bright with possibility
11. You get twice as many days off as regular jobs
12. Your profession is of high status and the chicks fully dig it
13. You get to travel the world
14. You can choose where you work globally
15. You gain valuable experience and perspectives of remote parts of Aust and difficult conditions
16. You meet lots of interesting people
17. You make great mates
18. Your work environment is dynamic and challenging
19. You occasionally get to experience the thrill of living life ‘on the edge’
20. Unbeatable views
21. Fantastic stories
22. Your happy and lucky that your actually doing what you want to in life
23. You are trained in a specialist set of skills and take pride in increasing your knowledge and being good at your job
24. You’re a professional and in control of your life
25. Your optimistic about the future
26. You wouldn’t dream of doing anything else
27. Your constantly faced with challenges and enjoy overcoming them
28. Despite the obvious drawbacks of the aviation industry you focus on the positive because you’re heading in the direction you want to and are committed to a better future.

If you don’t want to play this great game then OFF!!

[Peter Fanelli]

Roger CT

Always good to have the other perspective presented.
Not all of us are whining little brats who think they should be in the left seat of a 747 with two hundred hours.
Good Work.

[Roger Scramjet]

roger copy ta

I totally agree - it sure beats 'working' for a living

[bra83d]

oh so true on both lists. they should be merged

[SmokingHole]

28. Despite the obvious drawbacks of the aviation industry you focus on the positive because you’re heading in the direction you want to and are committed to a better future.

Drawbacks? There are drawbacks? Nobody told me about drawbacks

[tio540]

Roger Copy Ta

If what you are saying is true, where are all the pilots? Maybe the maggots did fooooooooook off.

[The Kavorka]

R C T

Well said.....

Sure beats working for a living.......