Originally Posted by
contrail67
16? Good for you. By the time 65 rolls around you will be ready for the regionals. Keep pressing on with your ratings. Once 65 hits there will be TONS of retirements at the Legacy Airlines, and Southwest. For the most part that is only 4 years away now....and some may retire before that.
The industry is in a low point now but you are young enough to weather the storm. Time at a regional will vary depending on many factors. Try to get on with a respectable one and get some jet time. If you keep the vision...you will make it.
Dont' get hung up on the vision or weight thing either and don't listen to the negative people on the forums....most of them got turned down and that is why they are negative. Good luck.
Best Advice I had...apply to all of them and let the individual companies decide if they want to hire you. 1 step at a time though.
What do you mean by 65?
Also, my dad looks down on pilots as "glorified bus drivers" and he has mentioned that it has been bothering him that I am even considering a career as a pilot.
I am like 2 lessons from solo now and I'm not exactly sure what I want to get for a degree in college, but from what I've heard, I shouldn't get an aviation related degree.
Off-topic..how many of you went to college for aviation?
I'm going to some aviation camp in July at UND. Can you get a non-aviation degree at an aviation college and get your ratings there? (or would it be wiser to go to a college for something completely different that interests me and go to a nearby FBO for training)