How to get back in to flying?

[Yves Pardieu]

It's been a few years since I've taken lessons. I was close to getting my private lessons when I stopped and moved for reasons best left unsaid. Now I want to get back into things. I was accepted to ERAU-Prescott. Can anybody give me some pointers as to how to get started and get a leg up? Any books I can study?

 

[DAS at 10/250]

Try accounting or engineering at your local community college. Or, better yet, become a nurse.

 

[A Passenger]

Don't pay any attention to these negative depressing people on here. If you want to fly, then go for it! Are you actually at ERAU or did you get accepted and decide not to go?

 

[A Passenger]

Try accounting or engineering at your local community college. Or, better yet, become a nurse.

Why do you even post here? It's obvious that you hate flying and only post here to complain and try to discourage people from flying.

 

[DAS at 10/250]

Why do you even post here?

Because there are newbies here who think that there actually is a $300K/year job working 11 days a month waiting for them.

It's obvious that you hate flying

Don't hate it, it's just a job.

and try to discourage people from flying.

If you are serious about diluting an already saturated pilot supply for a dwindling market then try AriBen in Ft. Pierce, FL. You will come away with half the debt and 10 times the multi.

Just be sure to structure your debt so you can live off or RJ FO pay for the first 5-7 years and then be able to live off RJ Capt pay until you retire.

Good luck.

 

[pilotyip]

No degree required

Look at getting your ratings, fly for a while see if you like it. As posted above you can get your ratings cheaper without a degree program. Then if you discover you do not want to put up with the process of becoming a professional pilot you can go back to college and get a degree that has market value. Getting your ratings now will put you in a good position for the June 2007 hiring boom.

 

[Goose Egg]

Look at getting your ratings, fly for a while see if you like it. As posted above you can get your ratings cheaper without a degree program.

Nobody got their ratings cheaper than I did because I got them through a state school as part of a degree program. The reason is, partly, because I was able to use Pell Grants, aka free government money, to pay for flying because it was a cost associated with my college education. I didn't end up incurring much debt, relatively speaking, because the rental rates at my state run institution were quite low--we had brand new primary trainers (Katanas) running $69/hour, a Cherokee 140 costing for $45/hour, and the Arrows were renting at $80. Try gettin' that at an FBO.

Then if you discover you do not want to put up with the process of becoming a professional pilot you can go back to college and get a degree that has market value. Getting your ratings now will put you in a good position for the June 2007 hiring boom.

Or you can save yourself the time and get both simultaneously, and be prepared for whatever type of job--boom or no, flying or non--that you may end up desiring.

Of course, we've covered all this before.

-Goose

 

[mayday1]

Look at getting your ratings, fly for a while see if you like it. As posted above you can get your ratings cheaper without a degree program. Then if you discover you do not want to put up with the process of becoming a professional pilot you can go back to college and get a degree that has market value...

easier said than done. I'd get your degree either first, or concurrently. Don't "try" the flying thing for a couple of years, only to find out it's not working (for whatever reason), only to be left with a goodly amount of debt (most likely). Then, knocking off that 4 year degree won't be so easy (or cheap).

 

[bobbysamd]

Degree debate

Look at getting your ratings, fly for a while see if you like it. As posted above you can get your ratings cheaper without a degree program. Then if you discover you do not want to put up with the process of becoming a professional pilot you can go back to college and get a degree that has market value. Getting your ratings now will put you in a good position for the June 2007 hiring boom.

Part of the smart process of becoming a professional pilot is earning a degree. The best credentials possible are needed to get the jobs that build that coveted "TJ PIC." The degree is one such credential. That is because the competition has it, and not having it puts one at a disadvantage right out of the chute.

Don't pay attention to Yip. As long as your degree comes from an accredited school, it will have value. At the very least, it will open the door to any job in any field that has "college degree required or preferred" in its requirements.

 

[pilotyip]

pay attention to YIP

When the non-4 yr. degree pilot is 24 years old with an ATP and 1000 of TJ PIC and the 4-yr degree pilot has 600 TT with 100 MEL, who will be the more competitive? In this comparison the degree is not relevant.