Hi all.
This is my first post here. I think this is the right part of the forum to ask this question, if it's not then i apologize.
I'll start by introducing myself.
I'm 14 and I live in Arizona. I'm a sophomore in high school (yes, i'm a year ahead as I skipped a grade when I was younger). I'm taking all honors classes and have a all A's and 1 B in Chemistry. I'm currently taking Honors World History, Honors Pre-Calculus, PE, Honors English, Honors Chemistry, Bible (It's a Christian Academy), and Computers (even though I have been playing around with them for a while and consider myself well-rounded about them; but the class is still required.) As you may have noticed I am very good in Math... but I still have a lot of friends and am not a geek! (In case some of you are wondering ).
A few years ago, I became very interested in planes, especially airliners. I bought X-Plane, the flight simulator, and have been hooked on flying ever since. And soon enough came the question: what do you want to be when you grow up? Well... an airline pilot, of course!
So I learned plenty about aircraft flying on X-plane. The different systems in the cockpit and outside of it too. Now, I'm not a pro, but I have intermediate knowledge about most of the systems on board the modern airliner. (Feel free to quiz me!) I also have the FAA book on FAR/AIM. I have most of the things in the AIM part already embedded in my brain, but not those in the FAR!
From every time to time I also go tailwatching at Sky Harbor. I bring my scanner along and never want to leave the paradise of having a 747-400 fly over your head at less than 30 ft! (BTW here is a link to my JP.Net spotting account. http://www.jetphotos.net/showphotos.php?userid=28000 ) My other hobby is making models, I think you can guess what kind of models... if not, the answer is airplane models.
I also play soccer a lot, so being (really) fit is already part of my lifestyle.
So the question is:
What do I need to do/keep doing to become an airline pilot? Where do I need to go to College and what kind of degree do I need?
And that brings me to one more thing. I would like to become a pilot for Lufthansa. I already speak English, Polish, and French fluently, and also a little bit of Spanish. I don't think German will be too hard to learn.
Thanks in advance for all the help,
Anthony