A Dream Came True for a Friend

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Many years ago, in the 1980s, interest rates were very high (up to 14%) and the real estate insurance business that I was a manager in was very slow. The board of directors I reported to was unhappy, so they fired me. I took a job a few days later in a different world, selling drive through systems and background music to retail businesses like grocery stores and restaurants. I even sold a subscription my first day on the job (It was better music than Muzak). A young man named David was my technician, doing installing and repairs. But David had a dream. He was 21 and wanted to be a pilot. He even parked near the busy Portland airport some nights with his girlfriend to watch planes land and take off. I left that business after about a year to go back to insurance and lost track of David, but did find out that he had been to flight school, got a job flying customers into Reno, Nevada to gamble at casinos there. A few months ago, David, now in hs 50s found me on Facebook. He has been flying 747s for 30+ years now, delivering cargo all over the world. He loves his job, of course. He posted today that he has the honor of flying the last 747 off the Boeing assembly line from Alaska to South Korea today. Apparently, it means a lot to get chosen for that flight. What a job! He just got back from a great flight to a part of Spain he had not seen too. It's great to see dreams come true for people.