Time to move on or stay??
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Instead of complaining about being bored, look for ways to become "unbored" without leaving your airline.
get a life outside of your job. That way you can maintain your comfortable job and have a better life.
I'm sure there are many guys out there who would gladly swop their "exciting" positions around the world for your "boring" job
get a life outside of your job. That way you can maintain your comfortable job and have a better life.
I'm sure there are many guys out there who would gladly swop their "exciting" positions around the world for your "boring" job
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Servo,
Mate, go hard, just do it. Don't think about it too much. Get out there and mix it up with the best of the best. You'll advance quickly, expecially given your training experience.
This is what we all did as kids. No-one could hold us back even if they were trying. When you learnt to surf, did you ask yourself "wait, can I do this; can I learn to surf?" No mate, you just did it. Same goes for anything you tried as a kid. How could moving off-shore be any different? Why listen to the naysayers?
But here's the thing: For starters, you're not a kid anymore, you're an adult. You have responsibilities, if not to your family then to yourself. And you have a fantastic job. More to the point, not being a kid means things get harder as you get older. What seems like a good idea this year may turn out to be a lemon in five years.
As ishi59 said, go do something outside that bloody flight deck. Start kitesurfing, or surfing if you haven't already. Join a volunteer brigade, be it to hand out food at a poor shelter or just cleaning up rubbish at a beach. If volunteering for community service isn't enough to give you a good slap in the face on how good you've got it, perhaps nothing will.
Jesus, I can't believe you are seriously contemplating moving off-shore when Qantas, your main competitor, is about to fail in the spectacular manner commonly reserved for exploding stars.
So I guess you must not need the job security? Virgin Blue's been good to you? Got a few investments working out? Sweet, glad to hear it, in which case you're only after the adventure, not a way out of a job-induced rut.
In which case, back to what ishi59 said.
Mate, go hard, just do it. Don't think about it too much. Get out there and mix it up with the best of the best. You'll advance quickly, expecially given your training experience.
This is what we all did as kids. No-one could hold us back even if they were trying. When you learnt to surf, did you ask yourself "wait, can I do this; can I learn to surf?" No mate, you just did it. Same goes for anything you tried as a kid. How could moving off-shore be any different? Why listen to the naysayers?
But here's the thing: For starters, you're not a kid anymore, you're an adult. You have responsibilities, if not to your family then to yourself. And you have a fantastic job. More to the point, not being a kid means things get harder as you get older. What seems like a good idea this year may turn out to be a lemon in five years.
As ishi59 said, go do something outside that bloody flight deck. Start kitesurfing, or surfing if you haven't already. Join a volunteer brigade, be it to hand out food at a poor shelter or just cleaning up rubbish at a beach. If volunteering for community service isn't enough to give you a good slap in the face on how good you've got it, perhaps nothing will.
Jesus, I can't believe you are seriously contemplating moving off-shore when Qantas, your main competitor, is about to fail in the spectacular manner commonly reserved for exploding stars.
So I guess you must not need the job security? Virgin Blue's been good to you? Got a few investments working out? Sweet, glad to hear it, in which case you're only after the adventure, not a way out of a job-induced rut.
In which case, back to what ishi59 said.
