How did you get to where you are now?

[ALIMBO]

Well today was probably one of the worst nights I've had in a long time. I work for the school newspaper and the damn press broke way to many times to count. To make a long story short I just got in the door after delivering papers for the last 4 hours what fun. Did I mention I make an awesome 7.75 an hour? So what jobs did you have before you got into aviation as a career/job? I like to think there is light at the end of the tunnel and that this will all pay off eventually as of now I do.

 

[Amish RakeFight]

Your post just made me feel really old. :0

 

[hockeypilot44]

Just wait until you get hired at a regional airline. You will pocket about $1200/month your first year. That is your light.

 

[Rockitsynz]

Just wait until you get hired at a regional airline. You will pocket about $1200/month your first year. That is your light.

But he'll get to fly a JET!!!

Convince the school to sell you the clapped-out press. Get a loan. Learn how to repair the contraption. Lease the press back to the school and charge them $80/hr for repairs when it breaks down. Teach another student how to do the repairs and pay him $10/hr. You'll be way ahead in the long run.

 

[ALIMBO]

Christ look at my spelling on the thread title I was so tired when I wrote it. Well now I'm off to my schools aviation career fair so that I can hear all the HR people tell me o were not hiring right now or well pretty soon were going to need like 1000 pilots so put that app in. (only to furlough them in a few months) I'm sure I look great with 4 hours of sleep under my belt.

 

[ALIMBO]

But he'll get to fly a JET!!!

Convince the school to sell you the clapped-out press. Get a loan. Learn how to repair the contraption. Lease the press back to the school and charge them $80/hr for repairs when it breaks down. Teach another student how to do the repairs and pay him $10/hr. You'll be way ahead in the long run.

A jet job at 20 bucks an hour may be a step up from 7.75 but, I sure as hell won't go to whatever airline pays that little. In the end I will be just as tired if not more tired doing that job then I would delivering papers only to recieve a few grand more.

 

[ALIMBO]

Your post just made me feel really old. :0

Come on let us know what you did lol you can't be that old if you are you probably got some good stories for us!

 

[ALIMBO]

But he'll get to fly a JET!!!

Convince the school to sell you the clapped-out press. Get a loan. Learn how to repair the contraption. Lease the press back to the school and charge them $80/hr for repairs when it breaks down. Teach another student how to do the repairs and pay him $10/hr. You'll be way ahead in the long run.

Wait a minute that kinda sounds like how a regional airline works. That's shear geniousness on your part, You my friend should work in management! LOL

 

[Just Cause]

You need to get your hand out of your pants and stop pleasuring yourself to your avatar. I think you are going blind because your grammar and punctuation are horrible. That SIU education isn't really paying off. I worked at Westroads Liquor Store while I was going to school there. At least that was more or less a paid work study for my future in aviation. Hang in there, even I ended up at Delta.

 

[ALIMBO]

You need to get your hand out of your pants and stop pleasuring yourself to your avatar. I think you are going blind because your grammar and punctuation are horrible. That SIU education isn't really paying off. I worked at Westroads Liquor Store while I was going to school there. At least that was more or less a paid work study for my future in aviation. Hang in there, even I ended up at Delta.

Your right SIU sucks can you believe I got B's in Eng 101 and 102! Im tired as ******************** last thing I care about is grammer and punctuation. I take it you went to SIU when it "was" a good school?

 

[Salukipilot4590]

I got my PPL from a flight school in Long Beach then went to SIU for everything else. Flight instructed there for two years, only racking up 200 hours that way. I got paid 7.25 while I was CFI-ing so don't talk crap about your job man....and I had to deal with you! I was on the Flight Team for three and a half years so that's where the rest of the time came from. Graduated in December then went to a regional where money got better but not enough to truly live like a pimp on (I do not condone living like a pimp or the mistreatment of women or bears). Now I'm unemployed like thousands of other pilots.

Pro Tip: ALIMBO:

1) Graduate from SIU
2) Flight Instruct for a while
3) Interview with airlines that will benefit your QOL...not "that have awesome jets or """short upgrade"""
4) ???
5) Profit!

 

[WAZUP]

You need to get your hand out of your pants and stop pleasuring yourself to your avatar. I think you are going blind because your grammar and punctuation are horrible. That SIU education isn't really paying off. I worked at Westroads Liquor Store while I was going to school there. At least that was more or less a paid work study for my future in aviation. Hang in there, even I ended up at Delta.

Thats an awesome job! I would have been my best customer though.

 

[Flip]

With the coming economic meltdown, we haven't even begun to see the furloughs yet. Get out while you can

 

[makersmarc]

Christ look at my spelling on the thread title I was so tired when I wrote it.

That is pretty much on par for about half the post titles here.

 

[SpauldingSmails]

Let's see...

Paid for my private working in a warehouse as a shipping clerk (Compass Distribution was the name of the company in an ironic twist of fate). $8/hr.

Bought my multi-engine rating throwing bags during my summers at PIE for the now defunct Southeast Airlines. 7.25/hr.

Campus security dispatcher, it was min wage/work study. I think min wage was like $5.25/hr.

Delivery courier, $8/hr.

Flight instructor for 3.5 years, started at $8/hr, ended with a salary of $36k.

Took an 8 month break as a college admission counselor, $30k/yr.

Training scheduler for a simulator training facility, $28k/yr.

Freight doggin' and pax. charter, $49k/yr.

P/T at Home Depot. $11/hr.

P/T pt. 91 Baron flying. $300/day.

Right seat filler on king airs for a 135 operator $200/day.

Fire/Air Attack pilot. $400/day.

My word of advice, don't hurry off to the airlines. I would have missed out on a lot of great fun, and incredible stories had I run straight from college to the regionals. Airline flying is about as sedate (read boring) as it gets... and you really don't need to be doing that from the time you're 23 till you're 65.