Is Flying in your blood
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Someone once said there are two types of pilots;
“Your either a pilot or your a “pilot””
Now that may sound strange but I fly for a living and love it, payed very well, and in my spare time I put money back into it, buying and flying old Aeroplanes because they are fun to fly, need I say anymore? Ill let you figure out the other pilot. (prob much smarter that me and "invests" money more wisely)
And to save you trouble, I know I am sick many people have already told me that.
Sacrifice is a hardest thing about being a pilot, fighting months and months even a year before the function, birthday, wedding ect.. When most people already have that day off every week, but that’s our job, I know its easy to but don’t forget it!
And for all who said, “For Aviation has no love for you” Not a truer word said.
Another true statement:
Nobody is born to fly; if you were then you would have feathers and wings.
(How often do you see a bird fly into a hill)
-Flying is a Privilege, always has been always will be.
“Your either a pilot or your a “pilot””
Now that may sound strange but I fly for a living and love it, payed very well, and in my spare time I put money back into it, buying and flying old Aeroplanes because they are fun to fly, need I say anymore? Ill let you figure out the other pilot. (prob much smarter that me and "invests" money more wisely)
And to save you trouble, I know I am sick many people have already told me that.
Sacrifice is a hardest thing about being a pilot, fighting months and months even a year before the function, birthday, wedding ect.. When most people already have that day off every week, but that’s our job, I know its easy to but don’t forget it!
And for all who said, “For Aviation has no love for you” Not a truer word said.
Another true statement:
Nobody is born to fly; if you were then you would have feathers and wings.
(How often do you see a bird fly into a hill)
-Flying is a Privilege, always has been always will be.
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Smo-kin-hole + Wings of fury some good point's of view,a bit of an eye opener
I guess it's not all plain sailing (flying) there is alot of sacrifices to be made along the way to find that dream job.
I guess it's not all plain sailing (flying) there is alot of sacrifices to be made along the way to find that dream job.
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Is aviation in my blood?
My surname is Bird, my father has been at various stages a pilot, aircraft engineer and airworthiness inspector with the CAA, my uncle was a pilot (unfortunately died in a air accident), and my sister is a flight attendant currently studying aviation management.
I guess you could say aviation is in my blood.
I guess you could say aviation is in my blood.
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I reckon so. All I can remember from early family holidays are the airports and the planes, and if an airline pilot even spoke to me or offered to show me the cockpit... well, I nearly wet myself* with excitement. 
* I was only about 4 at the time
* I was only about 4 at the time
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I was borned to fly.
It's in my blood my heart my pants everywhere....
I couldnt see myself doing something else apart flying...and that from my early childhood.
Flying contains love,passion,every flight spices up your life,and it goes on goes on goes on...what a life...
It's in my blood my heart my pants everywhere....
I couldnt see myself doing something else apart flying...and that from my early childhood.
Flying contains love,passion,every flight spices up your life,and it goes on goes on goes on...what a life...
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Top tip for you guys - aerosexuals make the worst pilots
The only time in my 15 year flying career that I've ever made a formal report / complaint against any FO I ever flew with, was a bloke who just couldn't function as an effective crew member due to his complete obsession with admiring every passing aircraft that was bigger than ours (just about all of them since we were a 19-seat turboprop). He'd break off mid-approach-checklist to dig out the camera and take a picture of a B747 doing an approach on a parallel runway, or dig into his spotters handbook to find out some obscure callsign we'd just heard on the radio, and was generally utterly useless whenever we were within visual range of a big jet of any sort.
All this discussion about "flying in the blood" is generally something that's reserved for PPLs, wannabes, retired old nostalgic types and people who haven't actually spent a long time in the 21st century commercial environment. I know where you guys are coming from but sadly I haven't had any of those "awesome, I'm a jet pilot" moments for a looooong time now
The only time in my 15 year flying career that I've ever made a formal report / complaint against any FO I ever flew with, was a bloke who just couldn't function as an effective crew member due to his complete obsession with admiring every passing aircraft that was bigger than ours (just about all of them since we were a 19-seat turboprop). He'd break off mid-approach-checklist to dig out the camera and take a picture of a B747 doing an approach on a parallel runway, or dig into his spotters handbook to find out some obscure callsign we'd just heard on the radio, and was generally utterly useless whenever we were within visual range of a big jet of any sort.
All this discussion about "flying in the blood" is generally something that's reserved for PPLs, wannabes, retired old nostalgic types and people who haven't actually spent a long time in the 21st century commercial environment. I know where you guys are coming from but sadly I haven't had any of those "awesome, I'm a jet pilot" moments for a looooong time now
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In that case, I retract my original statement. I'm only doing it for the uniform. 
Seriously, I completely agree with you. I can't imagine anything worse than being trapped next to someone whose sole conversation topic is aeroplanes. I got a scathing comment the other day when I couldn't instantly spot the difference between an A320 and a 737 with a quick glance at the nose cone. Should I be worried? I doubt it.
If I just wanted to fly I'd have got a PPL, not thrown an anchor of debt around my neck and embarked on a full training course. I don't think, however, that it's wrong to take an interest in something that you've wanted to do your entire life - provided, as you say, you don't forget that you're employed to do a job.
But this thread is asking whether people have known that they want to fly since their childhood, not whether they have a spotter's obsession with aircraft. Are you suggesting that it might be better if the upcoming generation of pilots chose their occupation by closing their eyes and sticking a pin into a list of jobs? ("Ooh, a pilot. That sounds interesting. Maybe I can be like Jack Sparrow?")
Seriously, I completely agree with you. I can't imagine anything worse than being trapped next to someone whose sole conversation topic is aeroplanes. I got a scathing comment the other day when I couldn't instantly spot the difference between an A320 and a 737 with a quick glance at the nose cone. Should I be worried? I doubt it.
If I just wanted to fly I'd have got a PPL, not thrown an anchor of debt around my neck and embarked on a full training course. I don't think, however, that it's wrong to take an interest in something that you've wanted to do your entire life - provided, as you say, you don't forget that you're employed to do a job.
But this thread is asking whether people have known that they want to fly since their childhood, not whether they have a spotter's obsession with aircraft. Are you suggesting that it might be better if the upcoming generation of pilots chose their occupation by closing their eyes and sticking a pin into a list of jobs? ("Ooh, a pilot. That sounds interesting. Maybe I can be like Jack Sparrow?")
