Convo last night with 17

17 is the pilot who answered the questions in this post. Gosh, he sounds cute! He lives all the way up in Deerfield Beach, though, which is practically in Boca. Also not a Spanish speaker. Oh well. We had a fun conversation. He is a middle child. Grew up in Michigan.

You know, he may drink a lot. He said right now he's only flying about 35 hours a month because of the economy - he flies for a private charter company. He said he makes enough to get by for now while the economy is bad, although he made a lot more before. Has always wanted to be a pilot, so I don't think he'll change careers. Anyway, it sounds like each time he goes to a town over night, he heads to a bar he knows to hang out.

If I were living that kind of life, I would probably get lonely staying in my hotel room alone every night. So maybe that's not so crazy? Especially since he's on call and doesn't generally know more than a day or two in advance about his scheduled flights, and he can end up staying in a town for days based on what the client wants. I dunno. Just verbalizing it so I'm not keeping to myself, which usually leads to trouble!