why did i do this again?

[ohplease!]

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,
Sorry you got screwed.

Yep, I believe they fly CRJ's for Northwest.

 

[Flying Ninja]

You don't seem willing to make any attempts to improve this situation.

Actually, I have taken the recommendations on this message board. I've been studying the CFI material, and trying to locate a CFI that is willing to work with me to get me my CFI certification. I can't tell you how many CFIs out there told me to go back to Florida and get it there. And then there are those that just flat out don't want to teach CFI and I don't blame them because this crap is just 100% dull. It's mostly ground stuff and CFIs prefer to be in an airplane rather than playing with dry erase markers all day. I can understand that. Then there are the flight schools that want $4000 for CFI and another $4000 for CFII...and that's if I'm *good* and on top of my game. Well, bottom line, I saved up some money and I can either toss it to a flight school or toss it to my lender. I decided to toss it over to a flight school, considering it's my only choice. So it's taken me a little over a year to get here to change my situation. I'm sorry that it's not going as quickly as I or you or anyone else would like. But like I said, I'm strapped. It's not like I got a rich wife/girlfriend/parents to sport me the cash to do this. I'm on my own with this.

But none of this changes the fact that CAPT is no flight school that anyone should consider. While people have made it, I also know those people who did make it with CAPT were very well off and had most if not all their training paid for or had their wife/girlfriend/parents give them the boost they needed. No surprises there.

Anyway, CAPT is not to be trusted. I'm poor because I chose them as my flight training solution and graduated without a job despite high honors and the most flight time out of all of them. You all know my flight school debt, and that I'm doing what I can to change this dismal situation, albeit slower than molasses flowing uphill.

 

[PCL_128]

Ninja, have you applied to airlines like PSA and PDT? Both hire guys with your times, and you wouldn't need to get your CFI.

 

[Amish RakeFight]

Glad to hear you're making strides toward the CFI certificate.

Here are some tips to do it cheaply.

You should get all of the FAA publications and study those on your own. No need to pay a CFI for ground.

Make lesson plans for every maneuver required for the various certificates and ratings.

Find a friend willing to listen and explain how each manuever is performed. Do this as if you were a CFI flying in the other seat with a student.

Find some instrument students at the airport and do safety pilot stuff with them. You can build time and experience this way.

Find some rich old guy who owns his own plane and volunteer to fly along with him.

Split costs with another fledging CFI and you can both perform and critique each others manuevers.

Buy a PC simulator and practice your IFR and VFR stuff. althouh not entirely realistic, there is plenty in the way of procedures to be honed, both IFR and VFR.

 

[PCL_128]

Yep, I believe they fly CRJ's for Northwest.

Everybody's a frickin' comedian!

 

[capt. megadeth]

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.

And to think, if you were a chick, you could get knocked up, go on welfare and the government would have been more than happy to pay for college for ya!

The government rewards laziness and irresponsibility and f***s people that actually want to be a contributing member of society. College should be free if you get good grades.

 

[Papps]

Since we're all sharing, here's my debt picture from flight training:

Started Payback (July 2006) Balance: $101,819.82
Current Balance: $97,065.15
Monthly Payment: $982.69
Current Variable Rate: 8.5%
Years To Go: 14

Not having a airline job because CAPT management screwed you over with lies and broken promises: PRICELESS!

There are d0uches in this world, and then there are CAPT management d0uches. Last I heard (a couple of weeks ago) they got 2 cadets total around the camp fire. Pathetic.

How can you not get a flying job right now?

 

[Flying Ninja]

How can you not get a flying job right now?

I'm stuck living with my parents because I can't afford to live otherwise. Therefore, there are very limited number of airlines that I can go to as a result. And they are all asking for more hours than I have.

 

[BoilerUP]

yeah i get pissed when I send in my 84 dollars per month for a couple stafford loans, i couldnt imagine 1500/ month, I would quit, go write a computer program to rip off the company and move to the caymans! But for anyone considering purdue, riddle, or a pilot factory, think long and hard before you put yourself into debt for this job!

I went to Purdue, out of state, lived off campus my last 3 years and did my CFI-AIM at Lafayette Aviation. With some help from the parents, the Air Force and working up to 3 jobs while in college (cuz God himself knows Martin Jishke didn't care about students) my student loan debt was only around 45,000, 10k of which was Stafford.

My loans are on 15 year notes, but I will be done writing checks to Sallie Mae after less than 8...sumbitches have messed up the last four months worth of payments.

 

[av8er2]

Anyone who gets into flying like this really needs help in their math and planning skills.

News Flash: pilots don't need to go to $100,000 flight schools to get a regional job.