why did i do this again?

[Flying Ninja]

Thats for Law School right? Cause unless you go right to fed ex or ups right out of training, a regional is a pretty poor return on investment.
Do yourself a favor and declare bankruptcy.

Bankruptcy won't absolve my debt. It'll go to a trust and they will manage it (translation, paying them instead of paying the lender) and I'll end up with a bad credit rating. I already spoke to two lawyers about this situation and they both advised me to pay it if I am able because filing won't help me escape the debt. My only option at this point is run out of the country and come back in a few years with a good immigration lawyer and get a new social security number. Not something I'm interested in entertaining.

 

[Daytonaflyer]

Damn!
I graduated from Riddle's DAB campus and only spent $60,000 and that includes my flight ratings through CFII. I got a bachelor's degree too.

Thank god for flying off campus and finishing half of my classes at a state university.

 

[PCL_128]

Flying Ninja, there are airlines that will hire you with your time if you're still interested in this business. They certainly aren't the "cream of the crop" regionals, but they'll do for 6-9 months so you can build more time to move on to a better regional like ExpressJet. I wouldn't give up yet if you're still interested in flying for a living.

Sorry you got screwed.

 

[lear24]

Try Piedmont, they need people bad. Go to an FBO and brush up in a frasca with an instructor until you're a handy basic instrument pilot again to prepare for the sim ride. Study the AIM and ATP written book for the written, and I think there's a gouge somewhere of the questions on it. How to interview for an airline: relax and be yourself. You don't need a class for that, just be honest, be calm and relaxed, and if they don't hire you, so what, you're no worse off than you were. Good luck.

 

[Amish RakeFight]

Do a search on this ninja guy. You'll come up with two words.

SOUR GRAPES

Ninja,
We've all given you extensive recommendations on this message board. Your situation appears bleak because that's the paradigm you choose to perceive things through. Granted, perhaps the program you enrolled in wasn't ideal, but others have had success with it I'm sure. In life, things are what you make of it. If you wanted to, you could have been smashing windows, stealing ipods, spiking your hair and wearing a backpack by now.

IMO, I don't think you want a flying job and are just really pissed that you dropped G's up the wazoo and your flying career never materialized so you go around complaining how unfair the industry is.

 

[Amish RakeFight]

Ninja's Sour Grapes (one of many threads)

Dude needs help.http://forums.flightinfo.com/showthread.php?t=88420&highlight=ninja

 

[Flying Ninja]

IMO, I don't think you want a flying job and are just really pissed that you dropped G's up the wazoo and your flying career never materialized so you go around complaining how unfair the industry is.

Welp, you know what they say about opinions. Nice post on the RVR by the way. I wrote it down since it was so eloquently put. More so than what I was able to get out of CAPT's expensive program. I should have asked you to be my CFI. As for complaining about the industry, brother, pay attention. I've only pointed out about how CAPT didn't deliver what they promised me and didn't assist me when they say they would. Hell, while I was in the program they even said to me that I would be an EASY sell for them to the regional airlines. Otherwise, my complaint may involve a few mentions about how ridiculous that first year FO pay is from time to time. But my focus is about how CAPT screwed me.

While all your recommendations are valid, they don't work for my situation. I just barely scraped up enough money over the last year to try to pay for a CFI program and I can't guarantee what I saved will be enough to carry me through to certification. That's just how strapped I am. So please. Don't tell me what I want and what I don't want. I know what I CAN and CAN'T afford to do.

 

[PCL_128]

Amish, the guy got screwed the same way lots of guys get screwed in this business: he was a newbie who didn't know any better and got lured in by some very adept marketing people. Happens all the time. It's not his fault, and there's no reason to trash the guy.

 

[Amish RakeFight]

Ninja, I'm not trying to be harsh on you (call it tough love) but look, I think your sitation is not as bad as you might think it is. You've been given many feasible suggestions to achieve fruition, yet you seem to be adamantly opposed to each one. You don't seem willing to make any attempts to improve this situation.

As I posted months ago, this obsession with CAPT and their unscrupulous practices is not healthy for you to dwell on.

FWIW, if your life situation is becoming financially precarious, just don't pay back that loan and save the money you earn for more important things. It's terrible if you have to fork over most of your pay to some financial institution for something you aren't pursing any longer.

 

[Captain X]

I just made my first payment of $1499.79 per month for 15 years to Sallie Mae. It actually made me nauseous when I hit the submit button... I'm going to go drinking now (heavily)!!!

Please tell me you are talking about a 15-year fixed rate home mortgage.