That's literally how you become a pilot in some cases. A company pays for your flight school education on the condition that you stay with them for a set number of years.

[–] metaStatic@kbin.earth 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"lottery winner says buying lottery tickets is the secret to success"

[–] Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 months ago

The secret to success: survivorship bias.

[–] sirico@feddit.uk 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

120KMH pull back stick do opposite to land

[–] DmMacniel@feddit.org 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

But not too hard or you will tailstrike the runway.

[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 0 points 2 months ago

If plane says "pull up", gently pull stick up.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

Bearded tit:

Also bearded tit:

[–] model_tar_gz@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

But he’s not wrong. Every awesome opportunity I’ve had was the unknown on the opposite side of fear and self-doubt.

Push into the darkness, friends.

Hello darkness, my old friend.

[–] Daxtron2@startrek.website 0 points 2 months ago

Thats easy to do when you have a monetary safety net to fall back on

[–] suction@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

Richard Branson is another one of those guys who don’t understand how lucky they got.