Originally Posted by
JayMahon
This is like the 4th thread you've started asking for the same type of information.
There's no single best way. The best path for you has to do with A LOT of factors.
Have you ever flown before? At the controls, not as a passenger.
What kind of financing/savings do you/your family have?
What are your college plans?
How did you do in High School?
Do you have any medical/criminal/mental health history?
Why do you have such a strong aversion to the military path?
Have you ever worked a regular job before? What have you done?
What are your expectations? How much income do you think you'll make as a pilot and how soon do you think you'll be making it?
Answer these and I'll offer some specific advice for you.
I’ve posted three threads previously, which are:
1. BA to work in major airlines?
2. How much should I spend on flight school?
3. Help me find the right flight school.
You’ve said that this is the 4th thread I’ve posted about the same type of information and then started answering my question, so I don’t see the logic in that. Anyways.......
I haven’t taken the control of a plane.
I’m looking for something good, so let’s say I go to a flight school and pay 50k instead of 80k and don’t get hired, what’s the point? So I would rather know what my situation will be after completing a certain course. Meaning that money isn’t the most important factor, it’s what will I do afterwards.
College is part of the question, should I go to college first and then start flight school or go to flight school and get a job at a regional airline and then get an online degree?
I can answer your question “why do you have such aversion from the military path?” With I’m just not the type for military, part of it is that I would be involved in “ killing people” and I’m not the type for military if that makes sense.
I did ok in high school, I always took physics and math.
No medical/criminal/mental health history.
I have worked a normal job.
Being a pilot for me isn’t about the money it’s about doing what I love, meaning that money isn’t my motive behind wanting to become a pilot.
As of the time of how long would it take me, not less than two years. The fast track programs like the ATP one aren’t for me.