Less time for Aviation

As of this week I have less time for aviation.

No, it's not the bureaucracy, nor the weather, nor a lack of motivation - it's just that after several months of unemployment, I've now got a job. 
That means no more weekday lunches at the airport.  No weekday bumming at the airport means considerably less opportunities for meeting new people and nosing around new aeroplanes.  It means much less time spent talking and learning about flying. 

While the last few months have seen me spend very little on flying, I spent a great deal of time around flying and I'm almost surprised how enjoyable that money to time ratio has been

So,relieved and all as I am to be earning money again; glad as I am that I'll be able to pay for flying again; happy though I am that I can rebuild the savings for my own aeoplane: I am sad.

Bring on the long evenings !!

Comments

[Jeffrey]

I know how it is to go a long time between flying. I flew all through high school but had to stop once I got to college. Then I went in the military and was able to fly again. After leaving the military it was another seven years before I got to fly. Then one day, after living in the UK for six years, I came back to Houston for Thanksgiving and visited a "Barnes and Noble" (a first), had a "Starbucks" (a first)and picked up FlightTraining Magazine (a first). All these things started up while I was in the UK and this one event refocused my whole life. While reading FTM, the love of flying overwhelmed me again and then I found out that you could actually go to a school to get all your certificates and ratings. For the next year, I plotted my course and now I am a captain with SkyWest Airlines. So hang in there whatever your ultimate goal is in flying. It's worth it. Good luck!