Not an airline pilot myself, but for pity's sake take the trucking job with FedEx. That is just too much money to pass up...and furthermore you'll still get the chance to travel around and see different things if you hate desk-jobs as I do.

 

You all have to stop with these "life events", beginning pilots have no room for wife (heaven forfend wives), kids, housing, etc. if it won't fit in your car (something small and cheap) and you can't eat it, you don't need it UNTIL at a major.

GF

 

Interesting

 

Nuts, that much for a truck driver? Thats more what you would get out of a regular accounting job most likely.

 

First of all, forget the degree. Drive the truck. Finish the flying, but forget the university. Find a mom-and-pop place that rents and does Part 61 flight training, and hammer out your ratings. Pump fuel for them. Get with the local soaring club and start taking training there. It's cheaper. It gets you an "in," and you may have a chance to start towing gliders. Join Civil Air Patrol; the aircraft are less espensive; do your instrument rating in one of their nice 182's. There are a lot of ways to save money.

Keep driving the truck. Fly when you're qualified and able, based on your income and certification.

If you're waiting on college or that's the big hold-up, and if you're paying university flight program prices, you're getting taken to the cleaners.

Stop taking out loans for flight training. You'll never make enough to stay caught up with them, especially not in early aviation.

Don't give up on your dreams to fly. Just go about it a little smarter with a little more planning.

 

Actually, that's not true, hows he gonna be a good pilot without a divorce or two?

Don't forget there is a medical to worry about. Without that, you're just a guy with license and debt for the job you cant have now.

Don't mean to rain on the parade, but Ive lived both and with out a back up plan you could be in for a surprise one day as many pilots are.

That said, if its your dream, youll find a way and have fun!

 

Very strongly disagree. You could work around that in 1983, but not 2013.

It might make sense to delay the degree if your time and money is better spent on flight training and time building in the near term. But have a plan for how that is all going to work out, and stick to it. You don't want to be an 8000 hour regional CA with wife, kids, house and racing to finish a degree on class at a time before your airline liquidates in Ch.7.