Jessica was a 7 year old girl who was attempting a record setting flight to be the youngest person to pilot a plane from coast to coast. Unfortunately, her dream was cut short due to the poor decision of her flight instructor, and an overwhelming need to stay on schedule. Jessica, her flight instructor, and father were all killed shortly after takeoff into a thunderstorm. The quote I began with are her last words. She was speaking to her mother on the phone before take off.
I bring up the story of Jessica because I think she is the ideal of a young life, a dream, a deep passion cut short. I wonder if at any point this dream became less of Jessica's and more a dream of fame and fortune from those who surrounded her. My point is, if we have something that is important to us, we have to make sure that we keep it close. When we let others intrude on our dreams, they can often find way's to capitalize off of them; especially if the dream is outrageous.
I work for an airline, and next week I am traveling to Atlanta to attend the Women in Aviation conference and encourage people there to come work for my company. I am sure we will hear stories from people like Jessica, who have a dream of flying for a living. It is always refreshing attending conferences like this to see people who are truly passionate; but I do sometimes wonder, are they doing this because they want to, or are they meeting an expectation. Hopefully they are doing it for the right reason.
Fletcher
You have a strong writing style. I wish you were keeping up with the weekly posting requirement for this course.
ReplyDeleteAttention to detail, in writing like aviation, is very important. When you sent the link to this blog, you copied an extra . thus i was unable to easily cut/paste your link and had to do a manual adjustment. Do you see this relating to your job/passion?
Notes: Your indenting is not standard and almost not worth doing. Five spaces is standard.
I think you have a good point, hopefully people will make the right desicion.
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