wessidemike
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- Sep 1, 2004
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I'm 24 years old and just finished my CFI, Well almost.... I had my checkride today and became another statistic for the 80% first time failures. I think I’m an above average stick and very capable instructor. Although I need some work on the FOI’s. But I'll get em next time. Like all of us I Love to fly. I have about 10 hour in a twin and around 300 TT. So I’m low time and I haven’t invested my whole life into aviation. Although I hope to keep it in my life. My problem really occurred to me today as I was talking to the FAA examiner. Something about the divorce rate of pilots came up and we started talking about it. He said he wasn’t' surprised at the divorce rate. When pilots are gone as often as they are, they seem to grow apart from their family and especially their partner. Anyone else find this true???? My father was a 747 captain for two different International Company’s. He retired at 54. I’m just starting to realize how unhealthy his relationship was with my mother. And also with us kids. I don’t want that to be in my future. So I’m at a point where I need to decide what I want, and how I want to live my life. I want to continue Flying, and I enjoy Instructing so I see that as a way to keep it in my life and still be able to feed my self and my family. But we all know you can’t make a living as a flight instructor. I’ve thought about ATC before, but have no idea if my personality or traits would make this a good option for me. I know being a pilot gives me an advantage over non pilots. But how well do the two mix?
So I guess I have two questions. How are relationships in an Aviation lifestyle?
And what type of characteristics are best for an Air Traffic Controller?
If there are any ATC guy out there I’d love to hear first hand from you about your job.
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So I guess I have two questions. How are relationships in an Aviation lifestyle?
And what type of characteristics are best for an Air Traffic Controller?
If there are any ATC guy out there I’d love to hear first hand from you about your job.
AIM Wessidemike
Yahoo Wessidemike