Getting in at 30?
07-01-2013 | 09:07 PM
#11
Bracing for Fallacies
Joined: Jul 2007
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From: In favor of good things, not in favor of bad things
Gee...thanks guys...
Im giving it a lot of thought and still cannot decide. I will visit my local FBO in August and see what they have to offer.
What pushes me back most is the volatility in this sector and the stability in my current one (agriculture)...
Anyways, as said, thanks a bunch guys!
Im giving it a lot of thought and still cannot decide. I will visit my local FBO in August and see what they have to offer.
What pushes me back most is the volatility in this sector and the stability in my current one (agriculture)...
Anyways, as said, thanks a bunch guys!
07-01-2013 | 09:24 PM
#12
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Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 34
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From: CFI-I MEI
07-26-2013 | 08:15 PM
#13
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: Nov 2012
Posts: 718
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From: ERJ, CA
I would like to add that being an airline pilot is a JOB first and foremost. It is not like flying for fun. You are tired a lot. You spend loads of time in hotels, and you spend loads of time just WAITING. Waiting in airports, waiting on hotel vans, waiting in crew rooms, waiting crammed between bovine pax because scheduling didn't list you on your deadhead until the last minute. But before that, you will be waiting on students, and waiting and not getting paid while doing so. It's kind of anti-climatic, because getting all your ratings at some place like ALLATPs is a ballbuster.
07-26-2013 | 08:30 PM
#14
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: Nov 2012
Posts: 718
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From: ERJ, CA
Gee...thanks guys...
Im giving it a lot of thought and still cannot decide. I will visit my local FBO in August and see what they have to offer.
What pushes me back most is the volatility in this sector and the stability in my current one (agriculture)...
Anyways, as said, thanks a bunch guys!
Im giving it a lot of thought and still cannot decide. I will visit my local FBO in August and see what they have to offer.
What pushes me back most is the volatility in this sector and the stability in my current one (agriculture)...
Anyways, as said, thanks a bunch guys!
07-30-2013 | 05:24 AM
#16
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Joined: Jul 2013
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It will be a tough road, but its not too late. I learned to fly late, during college but I was a DC9 Captain at 29. I had a good career with a National airline, however it went out of business and now I fly for a Regional. Not fun, but it happens. The one thing you have going for you is there are a lot of old airline pilots that will be retiring in the next few years. Better hurry though or you will miss the hiring wave. Good luck!
