You can't have a mid-life crisis in the airline industry because every day is a crisis.
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I don't like the term mid-life crisis.
Airline travel is hours of boredom interrupted by moments of stark terror.
I think midlife crisis is just a point where people's careers have reached some plateau and they have to reflect on their personal relationships.
Crises are part of life. Everybody has to face them, and it doesn't make any difference what the crisis is.
The mid-life crisis is just those times when you're not so into the things you were when you were younger.
I've spent my life as an airplane mechanic, pilot, aircraft manufacturer and airline CEO who never lost a life or an airplane. I am considerate of the risk we take every time we fly. I also know we need to fly and always to improve safety.
The economic tsunami has hit all airline employees. With the 2001 terror attacks, airline bankruptcies, pension terminations, loss of pay, changes in work rules - we're all working harder and longer than we used to.
Despite living in this post-9/11 age of transnational terrorism, the risk of death during air travel has plummeted to the point where we now measure it in the 'per billions' of passengers.
I definitely don't think I'm going to have a mid-life crisis.
I've had the longest mid-life crisis ever.