Originally Posted by tom11011

>>>So if all goes well, I acquire my ratings, would I be able to CFI at 18?

Yes, I do not see why not.

>>>So what would I do? Work for a regional until 3000-4000 TT and apply for the majors?

You are only 14 so its hard to say what it will be like when you are older. With any luck, there won't be any regional airlines in the next few years and all pilots will be major airline pilots. You see Denny, regional airlines only exist because a few bad apples allowed them to happen. Then it was the rest of our faults (the pilots) for allowing them to exist for so long with such bad pay and bad working conditions.

I think its great you are so young and know what you want to do. I would encourage you to keep on doing what you are doing, your dad sounds like a smart guy and is guiding you well. Remember that while flying is a lot of fun, it is still a job and sometimes going to work is no fun. Keep an eye out for other really "cool" jobs as they come along too, you might find out you like something even more than flying (hard to believe I know!)

Good luck!

Originally Posted by The Juice

Denny, do you like gladiator movies?

Originally Posted by FLY6584

Someone is wasting your time and money because none of those things matter in your first 10hrs of flying unless you just asked them to give you a taste of all different types of flying. Right now you should be focused on area work and patterns.