ice run in Denver before class. Four days ago I was awarded promotion to Captain with my airline. Pilots work their life basically to get to this point. Great news except testing for it is today through next Friday. Right through Boston Monday. I worked every angle on delay. No luck. Finally, today meeting with program directors they told me I could accept on this date or not upgrade. So I'll miss Boston. Last time an airline told me a similar thing I walked out and picked up a job with Frontier. It was the best choice I made career wise, so I'm thinking this through a lot today. It's not that it's a race, it's that when you start making decisions based on priorities, you generally start a path that governs what your life is. I don't like a job that becomes your life. Thats why I fly in the first place. Pretty depressing day. | 