Every Duck Has His Day. Will it be in a Shiny Jet? Listen to the Engines...

Are You Virgin Enough for Virgin America? Experience Wanted...

What Flew Over Penn State to make JoePa Sick? Look Out Above...

Does It take a Big Pilot to Make a Big Impression? Look Out Below...

Is It the Day After Tomorrow for Collegiate Flight Schools? Witness the Last Stand...

Southwest Pilot Rant. Hidden Truth or Off the Deep End? Take a Dive...

Frontier Airlines Names Newest Animal in Fleet. What Could it Be? Go to the zoo...

Russian Spammers. Friendly Annoyance? Or Itching for War? Join the Battle...

Who Was Responsible For the New United Airlines Livery? See who did it...

Sig Hansen. Crab Fisherman? Or Airline Crew Scheduler? Fly the deadly skies...

Help Wanted. The Real Deal or Wishful Thinking? Opportunity knocks...

The Plane Flu. Mental Illness? Or Biological Cause of Shiny Jet Syndrome? Read the diagnosis...

Avatar! Blue Alien From Another Planet? Or Message Board Must Have? See if you have one...

Cockpit Trash Bag. Total Waste or Big Opportunity? Become a garbage guru...

United Airlines Marketing. What Are They Smoking? You tell us...

Slumdog Millionaire. TV Gameshow or Airline CEO? Find out here...

Fists in The Air! Symbol of Pride? Or Just Lost in Translation? You be the judge...

Delta Airlines Corporate Sponsor of Taco Neck Syndrome Awareness? Learn more...

ExpressJet Claims Title of "The New Mesa"! What Was Ornstein Thinking? Read more...

Here's what the aviation community is saying about Shiny Jet Syndrome!

"SJS - Shiny Jet Syndrome - the driving force of so many young pilots to take crap wages just to be able to fly a jet..." irishcarbomb of stuckmic.com fame

"Maybe having to actually have some flying experience will dampen out that shiny jet syndrome and inject some realism, skill, and judgment into the equation." Draginass of flightinfo.com

"Go and see a doctor. . . . .You have Shiny Jet Syndrome (SJS)" iahflyr of airlinepilotcentral.com

"Yeah I had SJS. Working 7 days a week straight on less then minimum wage just to get to 600TT so I could apply at a Regional to fly jets. It caught up with me, and I didn't reach 600TT." Airdale of jetcareers.com

"Not knocking you but when your replacement can be trained from 0 hours to regional FO in a few months to pass a canned checkride, there will always be someone with SJS willing to give it a shot for equal to less than what you were making." Slice of airlinepilotcentral.com

"I wrote the SJS piece when I worked for Comair. It was adopted by a JetBlue pilot shortly thereafter who made a nifty website out of it. I'm amused that it is still making the rounds." ZapBrannigan of jetcareers.com

SPECIAL EDITIONS

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