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12/26/2007 4:03:59 AM EDT
"Life as a Pilot"

22 years old: Graduated from college. Go to military flight school.
Become hot shot fighter pilot. Get married.

25 years old: Have 1st kid. Now hotshot fighter jock getting shot at
in war. Just want to get back to USA in one piece. Get back to USA as
primary flight instructor pilot. Get bored. Volunteer for war again.


29 years old: Get back from war all tuckered out. Wants out of
military.


30 years old: Join airline. World is your oyster.

31 years old: Buy flashy car, house and lots of toys. Get over the
military poverty feeling.

32 years old: Divorce boring 1st wife. Pay child support and
maintenance. Drink lots of booze and screw around while looking for
2nd wife.

33 years old: Furloughed. Join military reserve unit and fly for fun.
Repeat above for a few more years.

35 years old: Airline recall. More screwing around but looking
forward to a good marriage and settling down.


36 years old: Marry young spunky 25 year old flight attendant.

37 years old: Buy another house. Gave first one to first wife.

38 years old: Give in to second wife to have more kids. Father again.
Wife concerned about "risky" military Reserve flying so you resign
commission.

39 years old: Now a captain. Hooray! Upgrade house, buy boat, small
single engine airplane and even flashier cars.

42 years old: 2nd wife runs off with wealthy investment banker but
still wants to share house (100%).

43 years old: Settle with wife # 2 and resolve to stay away from
women forever. Seek a position as a check Captain for 10% pay override to
pay mounting bills. Move into 1 bedroom apartment with window air
conditioners.

44 years old: Company resizes and you're returned to copilot status.
25% pay cut. Become simulator instructor for 10% override pay.

49 years old: Captain again. Move into 2-bedroom luxury apartment
with central air conditioning.

50 years old: Meet sexy Danish model on International trip. She loves
you and says you are very "beeeeg!"

51 years old: Marry sexy Danish model for wife #3. Buy big house,
boat, twin engine airplane and upgrade cars.

52 years old: Sexy model wants kids (not again). Resolve to get
vasectomy.

54 years old: Try to talk wife out of kids, but presto, she's
pregnant.

She says she got sick after taking the pill. Accident, sorry, won't
happen again.

55 years old: Father of triplets.

56 years old: Wife #3 wants very big house, bigger boat and very
flashy cars, "worried" about your private flying and wants you to sell twin
engine airplane. You give in. You buy a motorcycle and join motorcycle
club.

57 years old: Make rash investments to try and have enough money for
retirement.

59 years old: Lose money on rash investment and get audited by the
IRS.

You have to fly 100% International night trips just to keep up with
child support and alimony to wife #1 and #2.

60 years old: Wife #3 (sexy model) says you're too damned old and no
fun. She leaves. She takes most of your assets. You're forced to
retire due to Age 60 rule. No money left.

61 years old: Now Captain on a non-schedule South American 727
freight outfit and living in a non-air conditioned studio apartment directly
underneath the final approach to runway 9 at Miami Int'l. You have
"interesting" Hispanic neighbors who ask you if you've ever flown DC-3's.

65 years old: Lose FAA medical and get job as sim instructor. Don't
look forward to years of getting up at 2 AM for 3 AM sim in every
god-forsaken town you train in due to the fact your carrier can find
cheap, off-hours sim time at various Brand X Airlines.

70 years old: Hotel alarm clock set by previous FedEx crewmember goes
off at 1:00 AM. Have heart attack and die with smile on face. Happy at last!


Ain't aviation great?

May The Wings Of Freedom Not Lose A Feather! (One Nation, Under God)
12/26/2007 4:08:16 AM EDT
[#1]
12/26/2007 4:12:09 AM EDT
[#2]
Heh... plenty of truth in that.

Particularly the part about wife #1, #2, #3...  but to be fair, plenty of the pilot marriages I've seen disintegrated because the pilots were die-hard philanderers.

YMMV.
12/26/2007 4:23:36 AM EDT
[#3]
Rodent's gonna be pissed when he finds out Eb's gonna be leaving him in a coupla years....


12/26/2007 5:33:13 AM EDT
[#4]
I know more than 1 marine pilot that fits that story to the letter.
12/26/2007 6:51:11 AM EDT
[#5]
It’s called “AIDS” for a reason........ Aviation Induced Divorce Syndrome.  
12/26/2007 8:24:48 AM EDT
[#6]

Quoted:
"Life as a Pilot"
<snip>


Just readin' about it wore my a$$ out.


12/26/2007 9:42:12 AM EDT
[#7]

Quoted:
Rodent's gonna be pissed when he finds out Eb's gonna be leaving him in a coupla years....




 Harsh, but funny.  

The biggest problem or asset in aviation is the wife.
12/26/2007 4:21:33 PM EDT
[#8]

Quoted:
It’s called “AIDS” for a reason........ Aviation Induced Divorce Syndrome.  


Or Aviation Induced Drinking Syndrome.....................one usually leads to the other
12/26/2007 6:22:15 PM EDT
[#9]
Ya know, you'd think those twice divorced knuckleheads would have a light bulb pop on. Ya don't have to get married to get laid...
12/27/2007 10:19:57 AM EDT
[#10]
That is too funny.  I was jumpseating on frontier and he fit the profile perfectly up to the look for 2nd wife.  I think he said he is 40 or so.

Too damn funny.  but there is a lot of truth in it for a lot of guys unfortunately.
12/27/2007 10:24:17 AM EDT
[#11]
So this is what we're in for? Crud
12/27/2007 11:10:09 AM EDT
[#12]
Not the story of my Dad(except 4 marriages/2 kids).Lives in a old,huge mansion(built by circus guy Ringling),has winning horses on the track,3 Benzes in the garage,goes to Europe once a month(stepmom is an F/A for Delta).
12/31/2007 9:45:53 PM EDT
[#13]

Quoted:
Not the story of my Dad(except 4 marriages/2 kids).Lives in a old,huge mansion(built by circus guy Ringling),has winning horses on the track,3 Benzes in the garage,goes to Europe once a month(stepmom is an F/A for Delta).


yeah if you put the money away and get eveything together before the bishes take it all, you might do out alright.
1/1/2008 5:41:48 AM EDT
[#14]
It's those fringe benefits-- called FAs. Ken
1/3/2008 1:10:25 PM EDT
[#15]
None of the 18 year olds will believe a word.

There is an alternate route there - fly dusters and live in a trailer on the field with a female that wears shapeless granny smocks and has tits hanging to her waste.  She prefers Camels, filtered, not Sopwith.  There are dirty snot nosed kids every where, and you're fairly sure some of them are yours.

1/3/2008 1:25:20 PM EDT
[#16]

Quoted:
"Life as a Pilot"

22 years old: Graduated from college. Go to military flight school.
Become hot shot fighter pilot. Get married.

25 years old: Have 1st kid. Now hotshot fighter jock getting shot at
in war. Just want to get back to USA in one piece. Get back to USA as
primary flight instructor pilot. Get bored. Volunteer for war again.


29 years old: Get back from war all tuckered out. Wants out of
military.


30 years old: Join airline. World is your oyster.

31 years old: Buy flashy car, house and lots of toys. Get over the
military poverty feeling.

32 years old: Divorce boring 1st wife. Pay child support and
maintenance. Drink lots of booze and screw around while looking for
2nd wife.

33 years old: Furloughed. Join military reserve unit and fly for fun.
Repeat above for a few more years.

35 years old: Airline recall. More screwing around but looking
forward to a good marriage and settling down.


36 years old: Marry young spunky 25 year old flight attendant.

37 years old: Buy another house. Gave first one to first wife.

38 years old: Give in to second wife to have more kids. Father again.
Wife concerned about "risky" military Reserve flying so you resign
commission.

39 years old: Now a captain. Hooray! Upgrade house, buy boat, small
single engine airplane and even flashier cars.

42 years old: 2nd wife runs off with wealthy investment banker but
still wants to share house (100%).

43 years old: Settle with wife # 2 and resolve to stay away from
women forever. Seek a position as a check Captain for 10% pay override to
pay mounting bills. Move into 1 bedroom apartment with window air
conditioners.

44 years old: Company resizes and you're returned to copilot status.
25% pay cut. Become simulator instructor for 10% override pay.

49 years old: Captain again. Move into 2-bedroom luxury apartment
with central air conditioning.

50 years old: Meet sexy Danish model on International trip. She loves
you and says you are very "beeeeg!"

51 years old: Marry sexy Danish model for wife #3. Buy big house,
boat, twin engine airplane and upgrade cars.

52 years old: Sexy model wants kids (not again). Resolve to get
vasectomy.

54 years old: Try to talk wife out of kids, but presto, she's
pregnant.

She says she got sick after taking the pill. Accident, sorry, won't
happen again.

55 years old: Father of triplets.

56 years old: Wife #3 wants very big house, bigger boat and very
flashy cars, "worried" about your private flying and wants you to sell twin
engine airplane. You give in. You buy a motorcycle and join motorcycle
club.

57 years old: Make rash investments to try and have enough money for
retirement.

59 years old: Lose money on rash investment and get audited by the
IRS.

You have to fly 100% International night trips just to keep up with
child support and alimony to wife #1 and #2.

60 years old: Wife #3 (sexy model) says you're too damned old and no
fun. She leaves. She takes most of your assets. You're forced to
retire due to Age 60 rule. No money left.

61 years old: Now Captain on a non-schedule South American 727
freight outfit and living in a non-air conditioned studio apartment directly
underneath the final approach to runway 9 at Miami Int'l. You have
"interesting" Hispanic neighbors who ask you if you've ever flown DC-3's.

65 years old: Lose FAA medical and get job as sim instructor. Don't
look forward to years of getting up at 2 AM for 3 AM sim in every
god-forsaken town you train in due to the fact your carrier can find
cheap, off-hours sim time at various Brand X Airlines.

70 years old: Hotel alarm clock set by previous FedEx crewmember goes
off at 1:00 AM. Have heart attack and die with smile on face. Happy at last!


Ain't aviation great?

May The Wings Of Freedom Not Lose A Feather! (One Nation, Under God)
VH-21, all the education and all the glamour of life do not prepare you for dealing with jackass women. My father was a saint, an ex POW, a guy that would work 3 jobs, but my Mom nagged and needled him to the pine box. I love meeting women nowadays and I love that initial courtship and the "new" sex, but after the familiarity begins creeping in, my defense mech comes in and I find a way outta the relationship. I have central air but live on the approach to 9R at MIA. BTW, haf ju efer flone a DC-3?
1/3/2008 5:37:00 PM EDT
[#17]

Quoted:
None of the 18 year olds will believe a word.

There is an alternate route there - fly dusters and live in a trailer on the field with a female that wears shapeless granny smocks and has tits hanging to her waste.  She prefers Camels, filtered, not Sopwith.  There are dirty snot nosed kids every where, and you're fairly sure some of them are yours.


Yeah, aerial farming