Comments for PassionAviator http://www.passionaviator.com People Living the "High Life", Literally. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:49:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 Comment on 2009, Lets do this! by Malika Risley http://www.passionaviator.com/2009/01/01/2009-lets-do-this/#comment-28849 Malika Risley Fri, 02 Jan 2009 00:50:13 +0000 http://www.passionaviator.com/?p=170#comment-28849 Those are some great goals! Those are some great goals!

]]> Comment on My job in pictures. by Scott http://www.passionaviator.com/2008/12/09/my-job-in-pictures/#comment-27538 Scott Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:29:09 +0000 http://www.passionaviator.com/?p=164#comment-27538 It's a tough lifestyle and a rough road at times, especially during the holidays. My wife has to explain the same thing over and over and over... I digress. On the plus side when he (we pilots) have days off, they are totally devoid of any form of "work" for the airlines. It does also get better with time and seniority, however there are bumps in the road. Furloughs (been through two myself...), displacements, etc... but in the end, we all like flying airplanes, and we actually love our jobs (just not the time away from home.) Nice photos! It’s a tough lifestyle and a rough road at times, especially during the holidays. My wife has to explain the same thing over and over and over… I digress. On the plus side when he (we pilots) have days off, they are totally devoid of any form of “work” for the airlines. It does also get better with time and seniority, however there are bumps in the road. Furloughs (been through two myself…), displacements, etc… but in the end, we all like flying airplanes, and we actually love our jobs (just not the time away from home.)

Nice photos!

]]> Comment on I’m in the paper! by David Risley http://www.passionaviator.com/2008/12/21/im-in-the-paper/#comment-25158 David Risley Wed, 24 Dec 2008 19:32:18 +0000 http://www.passionaviator.com/?p=168#comment-25158 Hey, if they put me in the paper, it'd take a whole page, so no worries. ;-) Hey, if they put me in the paper, it’d take a whole page, so no worries. ;-)

]]> Comment on Tomorrow is the end…..or is it? by mu2pilot http://www.passionaviator.com/2008/12/13/last-trip-in-progress/#comment-22091 mu2pilot Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:37:33 +0000 http://www.passionaviator.com/?p=165#comment-22091 Very nice post, Bryan. May the next chapter bring you sustainable happiness and success. Very nice post, Bryan. May the next chapter bring you sustainable happiness and success.

]]> Comment on My job in pictures. by Joanna http://www.passionaviator.com/2008/12/09/my-job-in-pictures/#comment-21861 Joanna Mon, 15 Dec 2008 03:17:02 +0000 http://www.passionaviator.com/?p=164#comment-21861 If I could put my pictures up they'd be something like this... Dinner (something that took no effort to prepare) on the couch with the dogs starring at me hoping a piece will fall, people looking at me astonished when I tell them I haven't seen my husband but 4 nights in the last (almost) 3 weeks, attending family functions alone and having to explain where you are 500 times, going to sleep and waking up to an empty bed most nights of the week, having NO clue what city you’re in tonight or exactly when you’ll be home again or if you’ll even make it home on your next commute, wondering who you’re eating with tonight (just the flight attendant?!?) and being perfectly ok either way because I trust you, watching you live out of your car and suitcase when you’re home…yes, those would be a few of my pictures. All in all I’ve found an inner independence and the ability to find beauty in the downsides of being a pilots’ wife! If I could put my pictures up they’d be something like this… Dinner (something that took no effort to prepare) on the couch with the dogs starring at me hoping a piece will fall, people looking at me astonished when I tell them I haven’t seen my husband but 4 nights in the last (almost) 3 weeks, attending family functions alone and having to explain where you are 500 times, going to sleep and waking up to an empty bed most nights of the week, having NO clue what city you’re in tonight or exactly when you’ll be home again or if you’ll even make it home on your next commute, wondering who you’re eating with tonight (just the flight attendant?!?) and being perfectly ok either way because I trust you, watching you live out of your car and suitcase when you’re home…yes, those would be a few of my pictures. All in all I’ve found an inner independence and the ability to find beauty in the downsides of being a pilots’ wife!

]]> Comment on Tomorrow is the end…..or is it? by Tracy http://www.passionaviator.com/2008/12/13/last-trip-in-progress/#comment-21845 Tracy Mon, 15 Dec 2008 01:57:10 +0000 http://www.passionaviator.com/?p=165#comment-21845 Congratulations! Enjoy the last day and continue to look forward. I trust that you will continue to keep us up to date on your flying adventures with your students. You are now in a much better position to act not only as their instructor but also as their mentor. Congratulations! Enjoy the last day and continue to look forward. I trust that you will continue to keep us up to date on your flying adventures with your students. You are now in a much better position to act not only as their instructor but also as their mentor.

]]> Comment on My job in pictures. by Josh http://www.passionaviator.com/2008/12/09/my-job-in-pictures/#comment-20246 Josh Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:45:46 +0000 http://www.passionaviator.com/?p=164#comment-20246 Nice photos. It makes me want to get up right now and fly again. My father flies a DC-9 for Northwest Airlines. Nice photos. It makes me want to get up right now and fly again. My father flies a DC-9 for Northwest Airlines.

]]> Comment on What a pilot checkride is like….. by DaveFlys http://www.passionaviator.com/2008/12/04/what-a-pilot-checkride-is-like/#comment-18702 DaveFlys Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:40:52 +0000 http://www.passionaviator.com/?p=159#comment-18702 Hilarious! And just what I imagine MY checkride will be like. Hilarious! And just what I imagine MY checkride will be like.

]]> Comment on What it is like to be a baby by David http://www.passionaviator.com/2008/11/20/what-it-is-like-to-be-a-baby/#comment-17698 David Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:17:28 +0000 http://www.passionaviator.com/?p=152#comment-17698 That is impossible. That is impossible.

]]> Comment on Is this site good or bad for me? by Jim Oberschmidt http://www.passionaviator.com/2008/11/30/is-this-site-good-or-bad-for-me/#comment-17695 Jim Oberschmidt Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:37:50 +0000 http://www.passionaviator.com/?p=158#comment-17695 Well said, and I too share your concern of public thoughts, and the exposure risk. I have served in as a union employee for 11 years out of my 30 and find the greatest individual disappointments were associated with the mob influence on the workplace. I have also found the opposite is also true, the greatest individual moments of job satisfaction, employee participation also occurred in that period. I cannot explain it and will work for increased participation and satisfaction always and in my current search to prepare a path for new employment as our current activity ends, I invite you to connect and consider how to add value from home. peace. jro Well said, and I too share your concern of public thoughts, and the exposure risk.

I have served in as a union employee for 11 years out of my 30 and find the greatest individual disappointments were associated with the mob influence on the workplace. I have also found the opposite is also true, the greatest individual moments of job satisfaction, employee participation also occurred in that period.

I cannot explain it and will work for increased participation and satisfaction always and in my current search to prepare a path for new employment as our current activity ends, I invite you to connect and consider how to add value from home.

peace. jro

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