Posers' Coffee House, All Bullshit Accepted, Part VI
#9091
05-21-2014, 04:35 AM
Looks like rain movin in from the west. Got some pretty good cells over the ridges east of here, but nothing here right now. Forecast is callin for thunderstorms all day.
#9092
05-21-2014, 04:36 AM
#9093
05-21-2014, 04:41 AM
Thunder, lightning and rain out there right now. Might we a little worse 60 miles north of here according to the radar.
#9095
05-21-2014, 04:56 AM
Pretty much. Just waiting for my tires to come in. Cutting it pretty close. If they don't come in on time I might have to get my local dealer to slap a Dunslop on for me. That will teach me to procrastinate!
#9098
05-21-2014, 05:10 AM
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Way back in the early 70's I was working my butt off as a dual rated civilian helicopter pilot trying to raise a family and make a buck.
I can remember vividly....every airport had at least 1 old abandoned Beech 18 or DC 3 sitting out on the ramp where some small Air Freight Company left it when they went out of business.
Those outfits were dropping like flies in those days.
So, I come back off a flight one day and there's a notice on the board about this new start up air freight company that is looking for pilots and has a preference for ex military......Being the GENIUS that I am, I immediately sez....WTH would anyone leave a good job and go to work for a start-up operation like that???
A couple of my friends decided to take the chance........When they retired a few years ago, they were # 3 and #6 on the seniority list at Fed Ex!!!!
Meanwhile, the company I had been working for folded and that was the end of that...
So much for my vision of the future!!!!!
I can remember vividly....every airport had at least 1 old abandoned Beech 18 or DC 3 sitting out on the ramp where some small Air Freight Company left it when they went out of business.
Those outfits were dropping like flies in those days.
So, I come back off a flight one day and there's a notice on the board about this new start up air freight company that is looking for pilots and has a preference for ex military......Being the GENIUS that I am, I immediately sez....WTH would anyone leave a good job and go to work for a start-up operation like that???
A couple of my friends decided to take the chance........When they retired a few years ago, they were # 3 and #6 on the seniority list at Fed Ex!!!!
Meanwhile, the company I had been working for folded and that was the end of that...
So much for my vision of the future!!!!!
I signed on in '83... I wasn't even lookin' for another job at the time. I also didn't have too many financial responsibilities back then. I was 21, the company was still small, the starting pay was decent, and I figured, "what the hell", I'll take a shot at it. Why not... Over 30 years later, I'm still here, and very happy to be!
I flew jump-seat outta MEM about 10 or 15 years ago with a former Marine pilot who had a single-digit employee number... Real nice guy! Crazy sense of humor...
