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Saturday, January 28, 2006

 

Another Saturday at the Track

and by Track I mean, Dispatch.

No one likes the saturdays and I can see why.

I'm leaving in August. Carly complains I say important stuff at the end. Well this is at the start.

I'm leaving for Moose Jaw August 8th. This is fact, not tentative, a simple and true fact.

I'm scared. I'm always scared, ask Kim how bad I got before I went off to Ontario for Pilot Selection.

for those of you not in the know. Moose jaw is another pass or fail course. Pass and I go on. Fail and I will never be a pilot.

Do not pass go, Do not collect 200dollars. There is no other type in pilot training. We expect the best and we get it. Stress is there are an informative guide on the pilot. If you can't handle stress in a perfectly safe environment, soft bed, and three meals a day, how in the hell can you fight a war with no sleep and little food?

that's the theory. I think its a good one. The more you sweat in training the less you bleed in overseas. Yes I will be going overseas, and yes, the places will be dangerous. I won't be scared when I go overseas.

Mostly because they get all the fear out of you during training. You run drill time and time again until its second nature.

So this is why Im scared before but never after training. This is the job I've wanted to do all my life, and it makes up who I am. Anything less than this will be disappointment, however small.

So here I sit, Happy Sad to be leaving, Scared elated to be continuing.

I've wanted this for so long, I would feel odd to not have the fear in my belly. Fear is an excellent motivator, and luckily I don't panic freeze too often.

I want to go to Vegas sometime in early may, who would want to come?

Comments:
Definitely gonna miss you. Who's gonna dance on the dean's desk with me?
 
You quivered like a little girl. And you did fine. And you'll do fine this time too. I understand the nerves and such, but really, it's not that scary, you know what you're doing.
 
They're going to be amazed by your pilot-ey-ness... yeah that's right, it could be a word. I know you'll be great!
 
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