LAfrequentflyer

I have US only. If I wanted to I could get Indian citizenship since I was born there. I may do that after I leave the military. I keep reading India has quite the growing aviation industry now. Still have family there. Just don't know if I could stomach that level of poverty for long periods of time.

-LAFF

UND_jesse

Don't take your US passport. Use the canadian. Never travel with both. Dual citizenship may become harder up here because one politician has a French passport and Canadian and everyone is up in arms because of the whole Quebec separation debates

Puppyz

ah yea they sell cubans up there lol.

FighterHayabusa

Exactly. Most border guards don't know the rules anyway and will detain you for having 2 passports.

As far as the Cuba thing - I was looking for more of a legal loophole than a "just bring the Canadian passport". Seems like you legally couldn't go there once you claim US citizenship. Just wondering if there were exceptions for people who fly mail or cargo there.

JMT21

I would hope not.

Being a pilot is probably one of the least financially stable jobs I know of. Please explain how you plan on getting by, living in a large city (high cost of living) and still make your student loan payments all on 20k a year (if your lucky). I can't make it work. Do you really want to be living at home at 25? Are those the moments you talk about cherishing in your old age?

A degree in commercial aviation is a gamble and aviation management isn't much better. What are going to do when you get furloughed or if you lose your medical? What if you have a family to take care of?

Open your eyes, its not either cublicle or cockpit, there are very many careers in between.

There is no assuming, getting into a lot of debt to chase a dream is not a wise choice...even of you go to UND. I'm not telling you not to pursue a career as a pliot, I'm saying if I had to do it all over again I would go about it differently.

Senior, Aviation Management/Accountancy.

I hear its been pretty cold in GF, stay warm.

HoboPilot

I've got flight instructors from before I came to UND who went down the same path I'm going right now. They're good friends with each other and are sharing an apartment. There are people who have gone to UND, graduated with an aviation degree and are living fine lives now without much more hardship than non-aviation people. It is possible to get out of here and live a normal life. It may not be true for everyone, but I would hope that those people would realize that and go another route such as you are doing.

Let's just leave it at this, the best way to become a commercial pilot is to find the way that suits you best. You do what you see as best for you, and I'll do what I see as best for me, and let everyone else do the same.

Erik

jsfBoat

I'm in a Community College's "Aviation Flight Technonlogy" program; learning how to fly airplanes. One of my dad's friends was a 777 pilot @ Continental. Walked in for his 1st, but found out he is loosing his vision as well as his medical. That hit me hard. I'm now taking Civil Engineering courses for my Bachelors. I figure if I ever loose my medical, I'll go dig tunnels, highways, airports, or whatever. I'm thinking either focusing on either structural, or transportation engineering.

sflpilot

Hopefully people are paying closer attention to themselves. People should realize if they are having any problems and deal with them before the medical; if it is something that can be corrected.