re: At what age did you become completely Independent from your parents.

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They ALWAYS offer like a TON of help so I can at least say I've been able to pass on a few of their generous offers... but even my ability to do that is because of the lessons they taught me.

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in 1988 I was lowly 767Tiger(co-pilot,) and got a bid to become 727Tiger(Captain,) at pretty much double the pay, my Dad was asking me about the new position and I told him that I'd be kind of low on the totem pole until I got a little seniority, I'd be on call, he asked me if I'd get paid if not called and I said sure, there's a minimum guarantee, he then asked if I'd be okay financially? did I need any help? for a split second I thought about playing the poor and milking it, but I told him I'd try to struggle through