Originally Posted by
Fookz92
Never forget, Anything is possible!! It is all about who you know and how you present yourself.
Just to give you and anyone who reads this a confidence booster. I just withdrew from my flight school in FL 2 weeks ago while I was in CFI class because I was hired buy a gentleman to be SIC in his citation. It is a rare opportunity for someone who is 20 years old with 220 TT. Took a 2 day class and now am SIC type rated. This weekend is my first day on the job and I keep pinching myself to make sure this is real. Wish I had my CFI as a "safety net" but I have a feeling this job will pan out well. If I can do it, anyone can!
Just letting you know anything can happen out there. Its called LIFE! Best of luck to you!
Wow, congrats! I'm totally jealous. I actually had a classmate who was my partner for crew training that went to ATP for the Citation SIC type. I'm actually thinking of accepting that job offer at the FBO I mentioned earlier. I figure it will at least supplement my income while I take more lessons and hopefully build more time. It actually deals primarily in corporate flights so at worst I hope I have an ability to network a bit. I'm just hoping I don't get pulled too far from the actual flying aspect of the industry.
And Timbo, thanks again for the reply. I actually have a former instructor who is going through the same unit for C-130 training. I figure that I'll wait until he's back from training and see what he thought of the whole experience. I live in MA so the trip to RI for the weekend drills wouldn't be too bad. I recognize the enormous benefit from military service so I'm trying to keep an open mind about it. I just want to make sure it's something that's for me. Also, do you know of the tolerances regarding eye-sight? I have a mild astigmatism and can manage 20/20 uncorrected but still fair much better with my glasses. Especially when it comes to reading screens and the like. I wouldn't be shooting for a fighter slot anyway so do the tolerances change? And did you say you don't compete with your classmates at UPT?