career?

[Papps]

flying is great I still love operating a plane from t/o to touchdown. There is money in it sometimes if you find the right gig and there are jobs with a good QOL. How many of you are going to stay in the industry, and how many want to bail? Of the 20 or so guys I started training with back in the mid 90's only 2 of us are still flying, I don't know about the other guy, but im looking to move on. What about all of you. keep flying, back to school, or new job? Im sure I will get a few wise ass replys on this one.

 

[HMR]

Dream job. Not going anywhere until the boss decides otherwise. Boss is mid-40's, retired and well insulated from market downturns. Seems as stable as anything else.

Most of my PT91 buddies are very happy. Most of my 135 and 121 friends call frequently to see if we're hiring. Few have walked away from aviation.

 

[mcjohn]

Just trying to build that time instructing! I'm here to stay because aside from playing some good jazz piano, there's nothing else I'm good at. I just replaced an instructor at my flight school who was picked up by Peidmont after working here a year and a half. I want to stay in the southeast and kinda have my eye on Mountain Air Cargo or Air Cargo Carriers. I can't afford to buy any multi time so I guess the regionals are out of the question for now.

 

[Flying Illini]

I'm not makin' any money but I haven't been in the business very long. It will come with time. I'm not giving up, I love doing this waaaaaay too much to do that. I'll keep flying and keep looking till I find that dream job. It's out there and I'll find it.

 

[psysicx]

40 and retired with a jet=rough.

 

[Papps]

HMR, I agree there are some excellent Part 91 jobs out there. And if you find one, you stay with it. The wrong one can really suck.

 

[SCT]

If you can find a good 91 job it can be a great career.
"Flying is better then working for a living!"

 

[FN FAL]

There is money in it sometimes if you find the right gig and there are jobs with a good QOL.

Gigs are for guys and gals that travel from town to town playing instruments in the Red Carpet Inn bar, living out of a van, shooting up weed and smoking LSD.

 

[ReverseSensing]

Gigs are for guys and gals that travel from town to town playing instruments in the Red Carpet Inn bar, living out of a van, shooting up weed and smoking LSD.

I thought gigs were a multi-pointed spear used for huntin' frogs and whatnot.

 

[mcjohn]

Gigs are for guys and gals that travel from town to town playing instruments in the Red Carpet Inn bar, living out of a van, shooting up weed and smoking LSD.

No repect man, no respect. Actually I've quit my giggin to support my flying habit! I'm supposed to be up in Boone, N.C. rockin the caspaugh.....SHOOTING UP WEED AND SMOKING LSD!!?? WTF?

I'll call caneman and ask him WTF is FN FAL talkin about?

 

[Papps]

Gigs are for guys and gals that travel from town to town playing instruments in the Red Carpet Inn bar, living out of a van, shooting up weed and smoking LSD.

I had a buddy that shot up weed for years. Poor SOB didnt realize that to get high you have to smoke it.

 

[Dangerkitty]

I had a buddy that shot up weed for years. Poor SOB didnt realize that to get high you have to smoke it.

It's just an expression you dont actually blow on it.

 

[FN FAL]

It's just an expression you dont actually blow on it.

:laugh:

 

[Fugawe]

Back on topic.............................

Most of those I'm around who've been flying for hire for many years view the picture differently now than they (we) used to.

Fly because you like to. But, since you need income, find a job or source of income you can live on and invest with. It'd be nice if this job was flying, but it might not be. Then, make sure you can get your money working for you.

It's great to love flying, most of us do. But when the bills, and retirement considerations come into the picture, reality overrides passions.

If you're smart enough to learn to fly, you can certainly learn finances. Many blow this part of their 'education' off because it's 'boring' or not cool, or they don't know where to start. Boring is sitting in your one BR apt, broke, wishing you had the money get your car fixed.

Read Kiyosaki, read O'Neil, check out Fool.com, etc. Unfortunately you'll need money your whole life. Don't chase it, find a way to make it work for you. Then...........rent a plane, buy a plane, or go to work to fly because you want to - not because you have to.

The average guy/gal will not encourage you to do this. If you don't want to be 'average', don't listen to the average advice.

Fugawe

 

[pilotyip]

Did I just see fugawe post, fly because you like to? I got into it because I liked flying, I got out of it professionaly when I got tired of being unemployed, and 5 years later went back into flying because I missed it. I have never looked back. I turned down many jobs during my career because I gould not live on what the employer was offering. But you can live well and still fly for a living.

 

[FN FAL]

Flying is great, I have a decent job in 135 at a place where job security and life at work is pretty good and the QOL there is in the zone.

I just wish I could share my experiences in that job, I'll have to think about getting a digital camera or video tape machine, so I can catch those moments that we all love. Zooming the cloud tops of a nice undercast, breaking out at 100 and half during a snow storm, sunrises and sunsets on the ramp and in the air.

I have thought about throwing my resume at some of the bigger freight places, but at the present time I'm so pacified by my job, that I can't muster the strength to do so.

Maybe management should make our lives at work a living hell so I can get some incentive...but they won't do that, those SOB's. :laugh:

 

[Dangerkitty]

Flying is great, I have a decent job in 135 at a place where job security and life at work is pretty good and the QOL there is in the zone.

I just wish I could share my experiences in that job, I'll have to think about getting a digital camera or video tape machine, so I can catch those moments that we all love. Zooming the cloud tops of a nice undercast, breaking out at 100 and half during a snow storm, sunrises and sunsets on the ramp and in the air.

I have thought about throwing my resume at some of the bigger freight places, but at the present time I'm so pacified by my job, that I can't muster the strength to do so.

Maybe management should make our lives at work a living hell so I can get some incentive...but they won't do that, those SOB's. :laugh:

Looks like that Caneman might have some competition!

You think you can pull it off FN FAL? Are you smooooooooooooooooth?

 

[FN FAL]

Looks like that Caneman might have some competition!

You think you can pull it off FN FAL? Are you smooooooooooooooooth?

No competition, Caneman is way more than welcome to have any video I have. I'd rather support him than start my own thing.

I just don't have anything on digital...just good old VHS.

I'm smoooooooooooth, just not smooooooooooth enough to hold a candle to the Canester.

 

[DC8Jetdog73]

FN FAL,

Id love to see your videos. Maybe you can transfer then to mini DV or just send me a VHS and I can transfer them and make some cool comments as an intro to them.

CM
www.caneman.tv

[email protected]