Pilot’s Logbook I got out of flying full time because I never had the eyesight required to become an airline pilot or a Navy pilot, and I got tired of flying charters -- sitting around airports for six hours waiting for my passengers to return. I liked full-time flight instruction, loved it actually, but it never paid enough to live comfortably. Today, a pilot can make a living working as a full-time flight instruction, but back in the day, it was extremely difficult because the average pay was so low. As I’ve mentioned before, being a crop duster, which is what I ...