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How hard is it to become a pilot? What will it cost?
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Date: May 28th, 2016 6:25 PM Author: odious flesh shrine I want to do something cool with my life. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3236802&forum_id=2#30578001) |
Date: May 28th, 2016 6:37 PM Author: Vigorous primrose party of the first part most flame out and do short charter flights to nowhere. you won't make it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3236802&forum_id=2#30578047) |
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Date: May 28th, 2016 6:38 PM Author: Arrogant mustard personal credit line You either need to enter the military or go to pilot schools. Most pilots make like 18k a year and have no hope of paying off school debt. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3236802&forum_id=2#30578058) |
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Date: May 28th, 2016 6:41 PM Author: odious flesh shrine A friend is going through airline training and says that there are fewer applicants than positions open, so he is basically guaranteed a job for the major airline that is training him. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3236802&forum_id=2#30578081) |
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Date: May 28th, 2016 6:42 PM Author: maize school puppy And he will be poor as shit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3236802&forum_id=2#30578086) |
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Date: May 28th, 2016 6:46 PM Author: odious flesh shrine WTF are you talking about. 100,000 per year is not "poor as shit." (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3236802&forum_id=2#30578114) |
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Date: May 28th, 2016 6:47 PM Author: maize school puppy lol, tyft. He isn't going to make anything close to that. Not for a long long time, if ever. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3236802&forum_id=2#30578122) |
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Date: May 28th, 2016 6:49 PM Author: odious flesh shrine Well, you have me there. Does he get to eat airplane food for free? |
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Date: May 28th, 2016 6:51 PM Author: maize school puppy If that Denzel Washington movie is to be believed he can at least cop free vodka while he flies. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3236802&forum_id=2#30578148) |
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Date: May 28th, 2016 6:43 PM Author: Sienna theatre kitty cat He'll almost certainly have to start at a shithole regional like Skywest before he goes to a major carrier. Those jobs are plentiful and have a high washout rate because of thr way union seniority works. They can prevent you from working over the bare minimum hours in your contract if someone more senior wants to fly more hours. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3236802&forum_id=2#30578091) |
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Date: May 28th, 2016 6:44 PM Author: Clear cerebral philosopher-king becoming a pilot in US is insanely stupid, just do asia or brazil or something, pilot shortages everywhere and i think the pay in asia is acctually fairer than in US, cost of living is low (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3236802&forum_id=2#30578099) |
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Date: May 28th, 2016 6:54 PM Author: elite dysfunction rehab just do country where you have no friends, family, or language skills (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3236802&forum_id=2#30578170) |
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Date: May 28th, 2016 6:43 PM Author: Clear cerebral philosopher-king this is true, there's a global pilot shortage, all the boomers are retiring with their fat pensions and the airlines are replacing them with 15k a year piles of feces
SE asia is like desperate for pilots.. i was gonna look into this but u have to spend a lot of time in shit flyin school, paying out of pockcet, studying all sorts of shit ull never need since its 99% autopilot |
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Date: May 28th, 2016 6:48 PM Author: bistre boistinker These are the bare minimum requirements, akin to saying "you need to graduate from an ABA-approved law school to become a federal prosecutor."
To make the jump from the regionals to the nationals (or even better, FedEx), you frankly need 3 of the following: (1) twice the minimum flight hours; (2) a family connection (aviation is more connections-based than you'd guess); (3) to be a woman or minority; and (4) to have flown prestigious equipment in the military (F-18 for the navy, I dunno for the airforce). |