Pilot's eye view of a three-day trip from Boston to Paris 

Thank you Ali!

@@fly4fun similar story! I saw this when I was in flight training. I start sim training with American on the airbus next month. I always circled back to this video during those testing time this industry gives all of us. Excited to be part of the fAAmily!

@@DRoar999 Did you get LGA for a base by any chance? If so, I could fly with you!

Flyguy Mike hey I'm almost done with high school do you recommend being a pilot because I'm kinda of scared I hear people talking about how pilots are so miserable and underpaid also they never get to spend time with their families

Only airline pilots for the most part have a fairly miserable life. It's like being in college full time all career long, litsof tesrung, larks, written, sim checks, check airmen checks in flight, lots of early 3am wake ups, sitting at the airport on reserve/on call, for 6-8 hrs a day only to go back home, not much if any family life, so you'll miss a lot of important dates and events. The worst part: after 1998, way to much politics and bs and not actually hand flying the plane much at altitude which erodes skills detrimental to flight safety. Most young airline pilots don't know what it feels like at high altitude, where the control reaction is very slow and delayed. And sadly, most pilots are alcoholics to some degree. Your much better off flying part 135 which is the business jet world or turbo props. It's a much much better life in so many ways. Sure it has its pros and cons too, but far in away better than part 121 line flying for an airline. It'll get boring quickly, flying the same route day after day after day. Puttythe plane on auto pilot and letting it fly 70-85% of the trips. I got into aviation to FLY, not be computer monitor specialist, which is what airline pilots are becoming year after year. Soon there will not be a need for pilots. They say there's a big need, but that's misleading.

That's lots of testing and oral exams every 6-8 months or so. They give you 10-14 days to study. At least the regional jockeys are paid 50k now and not $26 to 33k.

@@MasterCarguy44-pk2dq Stop trying to ruin that guys dream. The positives do outweigh the negatives, and I'm sure 95% of airline pilots agree with that.

@@mcospottinghd7157 hate to say it but you are clueless.

Same here

The real AA

Thanks Navin! What a wonderful comment!

As an airline pilot I agree - this video was spot on!

heck yeah!

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Very cool Abbs! I’m on the 320 now as well!

Thanks Ron! I remember that!

Jose, maybe you’ll be the first of those inspired that I’ll get to fly with! Bid Airbus in NY!

Fantastic! Thank you for the comment. That’s pretty cool.

Driftminister Wow! Thank you so much for the wonderful comments. I have run into a few people who said they've become pilots as a result of my video. But this takes the prize! I hope to fly with someone who was similarly inspired who lands at AA. Fingers crossed!

Are you the maker of this video from back then? I thought this is only a re-upload.

Driftminister Yeah, I made it for my daughter as a 'daddy goes to work' video and uploaded it two years later when RU-vid came out. It lasted a week before RU-vid pulled it due to the copyrighted song. Later 10 others re uploaded it. I figured it was safe to post it again and so I claimed the video and put it back up. I've since posted other flying videos to this channel with more to eventually come.

Thank you for this, I really appreciate it!

Thanks Cesar!

Lewis that’s fantastic! Congrats on the 737!

That is so fantastic! Maybe I’ll run into you in Europe someday!

I love to hear this! Congratulations Sundr1v3r!

That is fantastic! I made it in late 2004, but put it on RU-vid innFebruary of ‘06 which was right at the beginning of their existence. I made it for my daughter seen at the end (who is 19 this month!) and also for my fellow co-workers who were getting a bit down after the cutbacks (furloughs and pay cuts) that were happening at that time. I wanted to show that it’s still a great job. Later I realized via the comments that it has inspired some to learn to fly even. And apparently you were one of those it reached! Thank you so much for commenting here. I hope to get a chance to fly with someone that saw this video when they were a mere groundling. Thanks Kunald and congratulations!

Thanks!

That’s fantastic Mateo! Thanks for letting me know!

That’s fantastic! Congrats and ENJOY the training!

Get here quick! I’ll fly with you!

+Stan Patterson Yeah, I hate that song, but it works here for sure. Nice video.

***** uh, cause it is an awful sing written by a bunch of washed up has-beens.