[DeTomaso] What I've been doing this week....

Rob Dumoulin rob at dumoulins.net
Wed Aug 31 19:38:02 EDT 2011


Hats off to you Mike. Thanks for your service....both to the country and the
Pantera community.

On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 11:57 AM, <MikeLDrew at aol.com> wrote:

>
> In a message dated 8/31/11 8 29 6, tmshinro at aol.com writes:
>
>
> >
> > Mike,
> > When did you retire from the Air Force?  The reports of your service
> > exploits (and side trips) made for interesting reading, which is easy to
> say
> > when I'm half a world away from the realities of war.  Welcome to the
> world of
> > commercial enterprise.
> >
>
> HAH!   I'm still in the Air Force Reserve.   In fact, my last actually day
> of actually flying an airplane for American Airlines was 6 Feb, 2003!
> I've
> been flying the C-5 Galaxy for the reserves, doing the Afghanistan boogie
> etc. ever since, as my sole source of income.   Sometimes it's a full-time
> salaried gig, but most of the time it's part-time and I only get paid by
> the
> day.   So I have lots of freedom to travel etc., but very little income
> most
> of the time.   I only work just enought to make ends meet each month, and
> some months, not even that.   In August I didn't even make enough to pay my
> mortgage, but in July I worked quite hard, so that made up for it.
>
> My job at AA is patiently waiting for me when the war ends.   AA hasn't
> paid me a dime since 2003, but the travel benefits are still there,
> thankfully....
>
> It cracks me up when I hear that people think I'm some sort of trust fund
> baby because of my jet-setting lifestyle.   The reality is that I'm living
> a
> hand-to-mouth existence, by choice. :>)
>
> When I do finally go back to work actively for AA, the travel fun will be
> largely over, because I will lose all freedom to travel when I want to.
> No
> more Le Mans Classic tours, and even the POCA Fun Rally could prove
> problematic, because I'll be beholden to the company schedule, a wage slave
> once
> again.   I've been kicking that can down the road, year after year, both
> because there is a genuine need for me to keep flying for the military, and
> also
> because I'm so hopelessly addicted to my current lifestyle in between
> military trips.
>
> Mike
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