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My college plan (circa 2003) was to get in, get trained, drink, flight instruct in good ole IL and graduate in 2007. After graduation head back to the Left coast and CFI for a couple years then head over to SKW whenever they started hiring.
Well lookee what happened....the hiring boom of 2006-08... I had the opportunity to go to a crappy regional asap or go home and CFI more (had been CFIing for two years at the time). Impatient me jumped at the chance to ski on the water.....in retrospect I should have gone home and enjoyed the In-N-Out and sun.
Two furloughs later and here my black ass sits....in LA....CFI-ing (well the first furlough...not the second.....so far....) waiting for SKW to tell me I'm good enough.
Moral of the story...do it right the first time kid.
For-Shizzle.
+1 !! Well put.Originally Posted by Salukipilot4590
Full disclosure here: I was hired into a Brazilian jet at 705TT/97MEMy college plan (circa 2003) was to get in, get trained, drink, flight instruct in good ole IL and graduate in 2007. After graduation head back to the Left coast and CFI for a couple years then head over to SKW whenever they started hiring.
Well lookee what happened....the hiring boom of 2006-08... I had the opportunity to go to a crappy regional asap or go home and CFI more (had been CFIing for two years at the time). Impatient me jumped at the chance to ski on the water.....in retrospect I should have gone home and enjoyed the In-N-Out and sun.
Two furloughs later and here my black ass sits....in LA....CFI-ing (well the first furlough...not the second.....so far....) waiting for SKW to tell me I'm good enough.
Moral of the story...do it right the first time kid.
For-Shizzle.
I'm in the same boat as the other CFI's out there working to build my time only to see the regionals raise their min's when I'm just 50 hours short! Damn the luck! But I do agree that this law is a good thing, and there are places to go teach where the time will come fast (at least thats what I'm hoping)
I fully admit to having SJS, even after having 7000 hours in 727's, A300's and C-5's as an engineer. I'm willing to bide my time and work my way in like everyone else did, just don't make fun of my grey when I get there, it started showing when I was 24!