Originally Posted by
belfordrocks
Debatable. Yes, very few do what Lucky do, but there are plenty more pilots, flight attendants, etc that enjoy flying more or less for the sake of flying. It's not a completely bizarre concept that you need to "feel sorry" for those "missing out".
This is an interesting point.
OTOH, typically a pilot is not permitted to fly more than 1,000 hours in a year, 125 hours in a month and 30 hours in a week. 12-15 days a month plus commuting and deadheading leaves a lot of time for a personal life.
I travel 100% of the time now. But I spend as little time as possible in airplanes and western hotels: that is the how of travel, not the what.
What Ben was doing was....different...than either pilots or me.
OTOH he made a hell of a lot more money than pilots or me....so there is that!