Originally Posted by forgot to bid
I think there are 2 ways for students to get the most out of college whether they are aviation management or not but planning on going into this industry and that is:
a) choose their favorite airline long-term and intern somewhere in flight ops and if you’re unable to do that then try a regional, and
b) read every single aviation magazine they can.
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I was a self-admitted airplane nerd in college and remain one today. Don't get me wrong, aviation is FAR from being my life but as my chosen industry I think it my responsibility to keep abreast of what's going on in all segments - that's why I participate on many internet aviation forums, get AIN/ProPilot/BCA, read any Aviation Week I can get my hands on ($60/yr is too rich for me to subscribe), and am posting on this thread in the Majors forum of Airline Pilot Central when I'm a corporate pilot
Aspiring professional pilots coming up in flight schools in 2010 don't have any excuses to claim they don't know about the pay and lifestyle of corporate or charter or regional or legacy airline pilots, let alone the pitfalls of scabbing, or PFT, or the whole "spikey-haired-ipod-having-backpack-wearing-RJ FO" stereotype.