Well I can tell you right now, your marriage would probably last longer if you were screwing random girls than if youre on the road 3-4 nights a week at 19 with a child. I hope your wife is incredibly mature and very level headed. One thing you may be overlooking is that as a CFI, you would be home every night and your schedule would be flexible enough to help watch your child if your wife couldn't.

Another poster already said it but I wanted to second the comment: If you think you know all there is to know about flying because you have 1000 hours, then you are the most dangerous pilot out there. You will learn more about flying and being a professional and how to get out of tricky situations by being a CFI than by doing anything else. Believe it or not, being a CFI isn't just about building time. A lot of people actually enjoyed instructing and learned more doing it than they have since, myself included. And if I was flying with some 19 year old punk who thought instructing was useless except for buildint time, then I guarantee its going to be a very long, awkward trip for him/her.

uh it just bothers me when some 19 yr old kid who flys daddys plane for free complains about the age requirement for the regionals. You dont even want to work as a CFI cuz u seem to think you dont need to since u got the hours handed to you. I'm 21 and im actually lookin forward to getting my CFI. I dont really view it as a ''waste of time''. Some of us actually work hard to get where we are now. You should really consider yourself lucky. If I was in your shoes id be a little more patient and wait till im 21. I mean whats your rush?? you already got the keys to an airplane. Even getting hired at 21 ur still starting out very young and you wouldnt have wasted any time.

Thanks Again
 

Just wanted to thank EVERYBODY who posted on this thread. I've heard many different opinions, some what I wanted to hear and others that I was hoping no one would say. Anyhow, I've taken everything to thought, and came to this conclusion.

Get CFI next month (then CFII and MEI)
Instruct for about 15 months (till I turn 21)
Get at least A.S before 21
Apply for decent regional at 21 (should have exp as flight instructor, and A.S)
Work on B.S. and fly right seat.

That seems to be my career path from now till then. I've never realized how being a CFI is more than just a time builder, but listening to all of you made me think otherwise.

Once again I want to thank everyone who posted on this thread.

1 last question and I'm done....

I have 2 apps out right now, 1 at GLA and 1 at Colgan. Even assuming one calls me for an interview, do I turn it down being I have my goals set???

To answer that question, ask yourself this: Do I want to spend 4 YEARS pulling gear in the right seat of a B1900 at either of those companies and THEN upgrade and spend another year or 2 MINIMUM to get my 1000 turbine PIC? Answer that question and you will answer your first question.

PS
I was making more as a CFI than a 4th year GLA FO and about the same as a 4th year Colgan FO AND I was home every night, building my own schedule and having a blast. Just some food for thought.

ooopsss, i read other stuff.

[QUOTE=KZ1000Shaft;72828]19 yo, married, and a son? Sounds like someone had a hard with "safety" at a young age and got some chic knocked up. Now he is married to her. If you add being away all the time to your immaturity that marriage is doomed to fail.

Nice cheap shot. Speculation and moral preaching dont belong here or anywhere else. And if that was the case then good for him being responsible and taking care of his priorities. Maybe he is closer to an airline captain than any of you think.

An old joke...

Requirements for Captain Upgrade
ATP.................Check
Type Ride.........Check
2 ex-Wives.......Check!


JGonzalez1305, if (and when) you do go to a regional, do not commute, unless you want to work on that upgrade. Move your family to your domicile. Making no money is surviveable. Your wife being effectively a single working mother probably isn't.
She will resent you being gone. So you have to minimize your time away. Since Colgan domiciles in out stations, you spend more time at home with them. But check out posts on other threads, by people who know the company first hand, about thier QOL.

Luck!

WOW! A 19 yo that takes advice! Gotta say, you are smarter than the average kid.

Good luck :)

You can apply at Mesa at 20 years old.

Or you shoot yourself in the groin with a shotgun filled with rock salt...no age requirement for that:rolleyes: