Monday, July 20, 2009

MY DREAM IS TO FLY..OH LIKE A RAINBOW SO HIGH!!!!

EVERYONE SAYS MY CHILDHOOD DREAM WAS TO BECOME AN AIR HOSTESS.BUT HOW MANY OF US HAVE ACTUALLY HEARED OF THIS CAREER OR HAD THIS CAREER OPTION WHEN WE WERE YOUNG?BY THE TIME WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE TO BECOME something whenWE GROW UP WE HEAR DIFFERENT WORDS LIKE DOCTOR,ENGINEER,IAS OFFICER IF NONE OF THESE THEN TEACHER.WHEN I FIRST HEARED these words I SWEAR I DID NOT KNOW ANY OF Their MEANING.
LIKE A VERY OBEDIENT DAUGHTER I WAS PREPARING TO GO ABROAD AND FINISH MY STUDIES THERE.BT WHEN MAN PROPOSES GOD DISPOSES AND SO I CHOSE TO JOIN AVIATION IMMEDIATELY AFTER MY HIGH SCHOOL.THERE WERE ARGUMENTS THEN EMOTIONAL ATYACHAR AND THE LAST RESORT TAKEN BY MY PARENTS WAS PSYCHOLOGICAL TORTURE.NOTHING ACTUALLY WORKED FOR ME.
I JOINED French CLASSES AFTER MY FINAL EXAMS ....I REMEMBER SOMEONE TELLING ME IT HELPS IN GETTING JOBS IN AIRLINES FASTER.THEN I JOINED FRANKFINN.FIVE YEARS BACK I PAID A FEES OF 75 GRANDS NOW IT SEEMS THE FEES HAS CROSSED OVER A LAKH.IT WAS a NICE EXPERIENCE,THERE Were A LOT OF THINGS WHICH I NEVER HEARED OF NOR DID I SEE BEFORE.
I DONT EVEN REMEMBER FINISHING THAT COURSE AND I GOT THROUGH WITH JET AIRWAYS.I FEEL BAD FOR MY FATHER.HIS MONEY was JUST WASTED.
I WENT TO MUMBAI TO START MY NEW JOB.FIRST THREE MONTHS IN ANY FULL SERVICE AIRLINE WOULD BE TRAINING MAINLY ON THEIR SERVICE AND THEIR AIRCRAFT.I WOULD RATHER SAY MY TRAINING PERIOD WAS INTERESTING.
FIRST DAY U ENTER THE TRAINING CENTRE AND U GET A DO AND DONT DO LIST.ITS ACTUALLY SCARY.WHich wOULD EXACTLY TELL U WAT UR SUPPOSED TO DO, WAT UR SUPPOSED TO SAY,HOW TO SIT WHERE TO SIT,HOW TO TALK, WHAT TO TALK!.........I CANT REMEMBER Though BUT MY FIRST DAY IN SCHOOL MUST HAVE THIS TORMENTING.BY THE END OF FIRST WEEK I WAS CURSING MYSELF TO JOIN THAT AIRLINE.IT WAS JUST LIKE SOMEONE WAS STANDING ON YOUR HEAD WITH A GUN AND TELLING YOU YOU TO DO SOMETHING THERE WAY OR ELSE THEY WILL KILL YOU!ONLY DIFFERENCE WAS INSTEAD OF GUN THEY WERE STANDING WITH TERMINATION LETTER AND INSTEAD OF SHOOTING IT WAS TERMINATION .
I FELT BAD FOR MY FATHER,I TOOK 50,000 FROM HIM AS MY SECURITY MONEY FOR JET,I DONT KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE GIVEN ME FOR THAT THEY HAVE TO TAKE MONEY....!
ONE MONTH WAS GONE..IT WAS TIME TO ENTER SAFETY TRAINING...........THE MOMENT I ENTERED SAFETY DEPT IN CHEMTEX BUILDING IN POWAI I GOT CHILL RUNNING THROUGH MY SPINE.ITS THE EERIE FEELING WHEN U ENTER A CEMETERY IN THE MIDDLE OF a DARK NIGHT.
ONLY I KNOW HOW I MANAGED TO KEEP MYSELF TOGETHER FOR THE REST OF TWO MONTHS.LIFE WAS HARD AND OUR SAFETY MANAGER MADE IT HARDER..I STILL DONT KNOW WHY?
END OF TRAINING LIFE BEGINS FLYING CAREER.I WOULD VERY CONFIDENTLY SAY THE WORST PART OF MY LIFE WAS THE FIRST SIX MONTHS IN JET AIRWAYS.SENIORS WERE PATHETIC, THEY WERE CRUEL.I FOUND NO TRACE OF HUMANITY IN THEM.THEY WILL SHOUT AT ME FOR THE THINGS I WOULD NOT NOT KNOW THEY WILL SHOUT AT ME FOR THE THINGS I KNEW THEY WILL SHOUT AT ME FOR DOING SOMETHING WRONG THEY WILL SHOUT AT ME FOR DOING SOMETHING RIGHT.THEY WERE JUST TAKING THE ADVANTAGE OF BEING ''SENIORS''.MAY BE IT HAPPENED TO THEM AS WELL AND SO THE LEGACY CONTINUES!
AFTER FLYING FOR NEARLY A YEAR I TOOK A TRANSFER AND CAME BACK TO KOLKATA.FLYING OUT OF KOLKATA WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT AS I WAS A SENIOR OVER HERE.
I WORKED IN JET AIRWAYS FOR NEARLY THREE YEARS AND I THANKED MY CHILDHOOD BECAUSE FLYING WAS NOT MY ''CHILDHOOD DREAM''.
SOON AFTER I JOINED KINGFISHER.BUT HERE THE SITUATION WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.THINGS WERE MUCH MORE AT EASE.PEOPLE WERE MUCH MORE RELAXED AND NOBODY REALLY HAD THE CONSTIPATED LOOK ON THEIR FACES.PEOPLE SEEMED A LOT MORE CIVILISED.OR MAY BE I STARTED SEEING THINGS DIFFERENTLY.I JOINED KFA As IN FLIGHT MANAGER PROBABLY THAT DESIGNATION MADE THINGS BETTER FOR ME.
we MOST OFTEN SEE ADDS ON AVIATION CAREER AND THE VIRTUAL WORLD IT CREATES.......BUT ITS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW THE REAL PICTURE.
MY DREAM IS TO FLY.....BUT HOW MANY HAS THE CALIBRE TO HAVE THE WINGS TO FLY....!