"Mike Marron" wrote

Answer: A pilot bud whom happens to be quite a bit older than me
used to fly the F-4S off carriers and now flies 767's for Delta says
that he can't wait to go off duty so that he can fly the light stuff
(he has a hangar chock full of cool light sport aircraft, including a
trike, or "kite").

A pilot bud of mine just retired, but when he got done with his rotation,
he spent all of his time working on his hot rods, and his rental properties
in several states. The only reason he kept flying was to retire, but he
said his last four years have been very hard, because he really can't
stand modern transports, as they put him to sleep. He didn't like a lot
of his crew mates, because they always smelled of alcohol, or had no
interest in flying except the high pay and the trophy-wife upkeep.

I asked him if he would ever try to land with a thunderstorm over the
runway like the American pilots in Little Rock, and he said he would
never have left Dallas, but 90% of his crew mates would probably
make the run, as they had no regard for the SLUG's in back (Self-
Loading Undesirable Goats).

He said that his USAF flying was very exciting, but civilian transports
was pretty much the pits. The difference is the military guys have a
mission outside of just flying. Moving aircraft to a battle, is much more
intense than moving aircraft to another hub. Plus there was additional
duties that were just as challenging, and the respect one had from the
troops. In the airline business, you're just another union ******* who
keeps the mob fresh in cash.