What jobs did you do while earing degree/ratings
 

Just curious as to what jobs you guys have held....Im trying to find a part time job while going to school and flying but i dont want to step out of the aviation world. I have my A&P license but that means a full time job. I dont care of making alot of money, as long as the bills are paid and i get my ratings and degree....

I work FULL TIME as a project manager for a network cabling company and I go to flight school nights and weekends. I just finished up my instrument, commercial single/multi, and I'm about to get this CFI,II,MEI stuff all knocked out. 90% of my training has been night flying which I think is safer up here around DFW. I'm fixing to go from a damn good paying job to making crap but I'm ready to jump in w/ both feet because I love flying.
Just goes to show you "why we fly".......it sure as hell ain't the money!

During undergraduate school I worked full time as a vet tech, as well as doing my stuff with the Guard. Now in veterinary school I still work as a tech, still in the Guard, but I'm doing the flight instructing thing for a few extra bucks...as well for the love of it. I, however, have no intentions on going professional...but I will always be heavily involved in aviation.

Squawk is absolutely currect though. That is why we do these things...for the love and passion that one develops for a certain career field. We all fly because it's what we love, we couldn't be on this forum otherwise. We are willing to pay whatever price we have to in order to fly, despite being discouraged by friends and family...oh yeah, and other pilots. But, we ignore these people, whip out the checkbook and go fly another flight...why? Because we love it.

United States Marines

nicely put...

I used to work on and off part-time/full-time at Home Depot. The pay was good but the hours weren't all that great.

Line service at Executive Beechcraft in St. Louis.

I worked as a waiter and bartender! Yet along with multipilot hours were tough but that non taxed cash was a big part of what keot me flying.

Worked on the ramp at FedEx, then in Flight Ops at JAL. Not a bad gig- made more than I make now. :D

I started in aviation working lineservice at an aircraft charter/management company while working on my ratings. After a year, I became a lineservice supervisor and after another year was lineservice operations manager. While in this position, I was also a fill-in dispatcher during busy times and when the regular dispatcher was on vacation or off for a day. This gave me even more of a direct line to the flight department than when I was working lineservice. about 9 months after my ratings were complete, I was asked to join the flight department as a part-time co-pilot. Fast-forward several years - I left the company as a Citation Ultra captain and went on to fly corporate.

If I suddenly woke up and found myself 22 years old again (dare to dream) with only a PPL, I'd do the exact same thing all over again. No regrets.