Originally Posted by
CantTaxiToACS
So now what? I’m sure there are a lot of other CFIs out there in this same spot. Perfectly qualified a few months ago, degree, current, class date etc. SittIng around now with the mins and no ATP-CTP or ATP, what to do?
Pay over ten thousand to get ATP-CTP and ATP done? Then not get picked for the slim slots because we don’t have jet time. Keep building worthless dual piston time?Definitely got caught in the wrong place at the wrong time. Everything I’ve done in aviation so far that made me so happy is now completely worthless. Maybe writing this out will finally help me move on and do something else for the next two years.
Entitled much?
This is called
Life and it truly sucks sometimes.
This is your first set back in aviation and by the sound of it maybe even in your life.
Many of us have been through 9-11 and 2008 and COVID is our third black swan event.
Now we have people that started flying anywhere between 2010-2015 and have only experienced the upswing and with minimal experience went racing up the steps.
That was an exceptional period in aviation and not the norm.
It became the norm for you guys as you’d never seen a furlough or an overnight bankruptcy.
Welcome to the real world of aviation where the music stops every 7-10 years.
Maybe you should be glad you still have a job and the term “useless piston time” is a slap in the face of the people that don’t.......
You have my understanding but certainly not my sympathy.