Originally Posted by jared4271987

Ha so for those of you that hate your aviation jobs so much can you get out so I can get in?

Originally Posted by jared4271987

Ha so for those of you that hate your aviation jobs so much can you get out so I can get in?

Originally Posted by jared4271987

Ha so for those of you that hate your aviation jobs so much can you get out so I can get in?

Originally Posted by flyguy37

Don't worry we are not your competition. Another regional thread was trying to talk about how all the NJ furloughed guys are gonna take all the regional jobs. Not gonna happen. I will make more on unemployment than any regional job out there and can sit on it for well over a year. "

Originally Posted by Rockie

all Fractional pilots,

I am a flight school student currently going through an aviation science program at a community college. I am taking an aviation careers class this term that requires me to research three aviation companies of my choice: SkyWest, NetJets, and Southwest. A lot of the information I need to find can't really be found on the internet and so I need to talk to a fractional employee, preferably a pilot, to get this information. The reason I have chosen these companies is because from what I have heard and read, they are great companies to fly for and treat their employees well.
Here is a list of the information I need:

• History (when it was founded, by whom, any interesting facts or records)
• Mergers/takeovers/acquisitions (when, by whom, what happened as a result)
• Organization chart/Important people (including chief pilot “person with the power” to hire you and their contact info)
• Number of employees (by job type, i.e. mechanics, pilots, office personnel)
• Financial information (annual revenues, stock history, any bankruptcies)
• Fleet (types of aircraft, how many, bases, age, any new orders)
• Schedules (where they fly and how often)
• Any “hot issues” that have appeared in the news recently related to your company

Naturally I think pilots are some of the coolest people on the planet, so I would love to talk to any pilots from the above companies Any help anyone can give me on this would be very greatly appreciated!

Originally Posted by 757upspilot

Not a fractional pilot. The best thing you can do for yourself is under no condition finance flying, pay as you go. You will live on nothing which will give you practice in how you will live the first few years of working as a pilot. Avoid debt always, don't buy anything that doesn't have wheels under it, rent the places you live in, have a room mate who doesn't work in aviation, if you get married make sure she has a mobile job that pays well, when you think you are where you want to be with the career don't let your debt exceed your wifes take home check until you are out of the bottom 20% of the seniority list. If you reach your limit of what you can take to get to the job you want, quit and don't look back. Whats been said about the aviation degrees is correct, they are worthless if you don't fly. Major in real engineering of some type. Good luck, if you make it its worth it.

Originally Posted by Rockie

My contact information is [email protected] or if anyone would like to contact me by phone: 503-956-0330. A little more specific info. I am going through Portland CC and doing my flying at Hillsboro Aviation at KTTD. My first name is George.

Thank you to all of you who have given me an honest report of how tough the aviation industry is- especially right now. I'm glad for that input as it gives me an opportunity to explain some of the meat and potatoes of the kind of person I am I am 28 years old and have seen a lot of the grim realities of the cold shoulder most people call the real world. I grew up under Portland's airspace shelf and so have wanted to be a pilot since I was four years old. I started my flight training back in 2006, earned my private pilot's license, then had to put off my flying for almost a year because the airlines were hiring up instructors as fast as they could and so good CFIIs became a rare commodity at flight schools. After a year and a half of one set back after another I got my instrument rating. Working on my commercial license hasn't been any better- one delay after another. I haven't figured out why some people aspire to fly planes and other people either run from them or don't care one way or another. Flying planes is my passion and calling and one I don't intend to abandon. Perhaps this puts me at a big disadvantage because the problem with knowing what you want to do is that you won't be happy doing anything else. All pilots stand on the shoulders of aviation pioneers who came before us. All of those pioneers became legends because they never gave up no matter what. The Tuskegee airmen are a good example of this aviation tenacity. You can all quote me on this one if you like, but I love to tell people a simple, yet profound truth I have figured out- the only difference between successful people and failures is that successful people are failures who never give up! I'm sure a lot of pilots reading this are thinking, "sounds great, but you have a lot to learn kid!" I know I have only begun to learn everything there is about aviation, but Damn it! I'm not giving up no matter how hard it gets! When it comes to discouragement and difficulties I say, "bring it on!" I love discouragement and difficulty as they are the fuel that keeps me fired up!

Originally Posted by Past V1

I say the opposite...We have a lot to learn from you...DON"T GIVE UP...if this is your dream...then GO GET IT BROTHER!!! Don't listen to anyone tell you that you are crazy or this industry is nothing that you expect. But I must warn you...do your research carefully...cause there are a lot of hiddens in everything that you do. But thats with anything that you do. My advise...be careful with your loans...keep the blue side up...have fun and stay motivated!!! God Bless!!!