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Old 06-12-2017, 06:07 AM
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Go to med school, become a plastic surgeon, buy your own jet/helo/boat/etc.

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Old 06-12-2017, 07:44 AM
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Go to med school, become a plastic surgeon, buy your own jet/helo/boat/etc.



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Yep. I've had a great ride so far and have been super lucky but if I could go back I would 100% try for med school.

I don't like the unknowns about this career (oil, terrorism, me3/NAI, pilotless, etc). If I knew my career would pan out the way it looks like that'd be different, but obviously that's impossible.
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Old 06-12-2017, 03:06 PM
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Go to med school, become a plastic surgeon, buy your own jet/helo/boat/etc.

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Thanks for the laugh. i really needed that to lighten up a bit.

But in all seriousness, Thank you all for your advice and support. I got to hear some great great advice here, as well as what you guys have gone through to get where you are.
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Old 06-12-2017, 09:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Kipperskipper View Post
Thanks for the laugh. i really needed that to lighten up a bit.

But in all seriousness, Thank you all for your advice and support. I got to hear some great great advice here, as well as what you guys have gone through to get where you are.
I actually wasn't being funny. Stay away from this business, it will never love you as much as you love it. Unless you want to be a career drone pilot, the odds are not in your favor going the military route.
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Old 06-13-2017, 03:14 AM
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I actually wasn't being funny. Stay away from this business, it will never love you as much as you love it. Unless you want to be a career drone pilot, the odds are not in your favor going the military route.
One of my mentors says the first piece of advice he gives is "take any other job but airline pilot".... but none of us are listening...
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Old 06-13-2017, 07:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Grumble View Post
I actually wasn't being funny. Stay away from this business, it will never love you as much as you love it. Unless you want to be a career drone pilot, the odds are not in your favor going the military route.
Are you drunk? No business will love you as much as you love it. Yet no other job pays as much for as little "work" as being an airline pilot, unless you are Kim Kardashian. Gheezus young kid has aspirations to be a pilot like you and I did when we were young. Besides, I'd hardly call flying 300agl low levels to airdrops and landing on assault strips being a drone pilot in my niche. Is it a risk going active duty, yes, but hence why we mentioned the guard.

Kid, don't listen to Grumble and don't listen to the negativity on these forums from some. Being a pilot, civilian or military is a kick ass way to earn a living. Does it come with its risks? Yes, but which career doesn't?
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Old 06-13-2017, 07:48 PM
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If you are graduating from high school this month and don't already have an appointment to a service academy, you most likely missed the boat already. Folks that are going to the academy directly after high school have already been working that process for a couple years and likely are in the top 5% (or higher) of their graduating class. There are a tiny few that get selected through other avenues.

Most direct path (with its own associated pain level)...Think about a four year college with an AFROTC program. There are over 1,300 of them either with an ROTC detachment or a cross town agreement with a college that has one.

Get your four year degree and compete for pilot training while you are doing ROTC.

Worst case, you end up with a 4 year degree, don't get a pilot slot, do four years AD as a support officer then get out. Best case, graduate, go to pilot training, but then you're stuck on AD for 10-12 years.

THEN AGAIN, the advice previously given to stay away from AD is wise. Enlist in an AIR guard unit, get college money, get your degree full time, then compete for a pilot slot.

A good resource at your stage: Go to baseops.net and click on FLIGHT TRAINING and JOINING THE MILITARY.

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Old 06-18-2017, 07:38 AM
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Are you drunk? No business will love you as much as you love it. Yet no other job pays as much for as little "work" as being an airline pilot, unless you are Kim Kardashian. Gheezus young kid has aspirations to be a pilot like you and I did when we were young. Besides, I'd hardly call flying 300agl low levels to airdrops and landing on assault strips being a drone pilot in my niche. Is it a risk going active duty, yes, but hence why we mentioned the guard.

Kid, don't listen to Grumble and don't listen to the negativity on these forums from some. Being a pilot, civilian or military is a kick ass way to earn a living. Does it come with its risks? Yes, but which career doesn't?
It worked out for us... it's a new world for those coming in. It's also easy to say come on up from the top of the mountain... forgetting how hard it was and all those who didn't make it. The betting man would put his money on about 1:20 ever making it, and it's probably worse than that.

Manage your expectations kid. Yes it an awesome job, but have a back up plan.
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Old 06-18-2017, 12:46 PM
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It's such a terrible career even the junior guys at a major airline rarely quit. One a year? Two? If even that much?

Guys would ask "why do the furloughees come back?" It's simple, it was better than the other options.
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Old 06-25-2017, 01:09 PM
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Consider something with more stability, like becoming a Carney!
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