Pilots have huge egos, and they're cheap.


Start with flattery, and then give 'em stuff. :)


Favorite food? Free food


Favorite beer? Free beer


Favorite Avionics Tech? The one that strokes their ego and gives 'em beer and food.

Oh, and we're pretty stuipid, too. We'll never figure out we're being used. :)



Good luck!




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Pilots generally tend to help an aspiring aviator when it comes to imparting advice. Sending a blind email to someone is easy and convenient; but not the best way. Emails, no matter how well written tend to be impersonal. Best time to approach the pilots is when you have done your job well and get into a personal conversation with them. Don’t be too direct. Just talk about your present flying and desire to be a professional pilot. See what they say. Some will volunteer to help and others will not. Nurture a personal relationship with the ones who respond.

Aviation and especially General Aviation where you are building up your time is a small community; there will be plenty of times to network. Enhance your abilities in this area. Just as important to developing your airmanship and stick/rudders skills, is the development of your people skills. Dale Carnegie books are a good resource.

Instructing (if you desire to do this) is an excellent way to build up your people skills.

Good Luck!

What happend to the good ole days when the dream of every young stud like yourself was to get on with United?

The Same thing that happened to others with the Goal of working for Pan AM, Eastern and TWA.

Things change, unfortunately not always for the better. The snap shot of things today won't look the same in 5-10 years.

" Oh.... Times they are a chang'in"

My suggestion.
1. Get a job with the ANG (non flying).
2. Apply to fly for the unit you work for.
3. When you've got a offer to fly, follow with a part time job with FedEx.
4. Fly for the guard and throw boxes for FedEx.
5. When you meet the time quals for FedEx, apply to FedEx flight as an internal hire. :)