Yeahh, flying kinda got away from me too.

One could call it a shame, after all that I (and the government!) invested
in getting me all those ratings.

I don't know ... maybe it's the pull of life's other demands ... maybe its
the memory of hearing that Electra FE squawk about how his daughter -- that
hasn't seen him in 2 years -- is on drugs ... maybe it was that "conga-line"
at EWR during a sweltering 95-degree day in the "Sky-Pig", trying to keep
passengers and company happy while maintaining minimum dispatch fuel on s/e
taxi (#13 for departure; and yes, for you snotty ones that were never there,
s/e was not approved by the ops man) ... maybe it's 9/11 ... maybe it was
the non-stop corporate bankruptcies and furloughs ... maybe it was an
existence on Regional Airline pay ... maybe it's me ... I don't know.

What I do know is that one day, I said "to hell with it" ... I'd had enough.
I'm now happily driving my bread truck and watering my lawn. And that
Saturday morning stroll down a country lane ain't too bad, either.

On occasion, I peruse aviation sites such as this one and observe that not
much has changed in the industry. I then declare ... "well, at least I made
*one* right choice!"

.... ktcsu&tdsd



"David Banahan" wrote in message
news:qph2d.201376$mD.75730@attbi_s02...
When I was young I got my license the week I turned 18. I left flying
when
I left my first wife. I would like to resume flying, but want to focus on
IFR simulation (most cost effective) at home training before beginning
actual flight training. Any advice would be appreciated to help me
develop
a cost effective way to re-learn to fly. Thanks David