Im stuck! What can I do?

[XRMEFLYER]

Well I would imagine that I would need to graduate to be competitive at all. Espicially with my whopping 400 hours. So graduating is part of the process of getting what I need to go to ASA.

You need the flight time a lot more than you need the degree at this level.

Log the time, get the job, then worry about finishing the degree if this is really what you want to do. Otherwise, sounds like your trying to hedge your bet by maybe making yourself qualified to do something else if this doesn't work out. Not a bad idea, but it sounds like one could be coming at the expense of the other.

 

[WhiteCloud]

I would, but I have quite a bit invested here and I want to be able to graduate on time. My Major would not transfer to very many schools.

As with most things where there is a will to do something there is a way to make it happen. A few suggestions...finish college as a priority.....consider lumping your classes together so you don't have Friday classes.....hit the road Thursday night and fly Friday-Sunday. Back to school Sunday night. Check around any airport that you can get to and shake hands with the pilots. Tell them what you're trying to do (keep current/build time) and see if they know anyone who wants to do the same thing. Don't be a freeloader...offer to chip in for gas/expenses. Please don't post some reply that this wont work for some personal situation or reason. If you want to do it you'll make it happen Captain.

 

[Bayoupilot]

If you want to do it you'll make it happen Captain.

Amen to that. There are plenty of reasons why it can't happen and all the reason in the world why you CAN make it happen.

I was 33, holding down a full-time job that I hated and had no savings when I took my first flight lesson five years ago. Don't tell ME you can't do it.

 

[Ace757]

Wo wo wo...Hold on. I never said anything about not making it, or not doing it. I just said that I will be really rusty if I wait for 2 years until I graduate to start flying on a regular basis again. I was more or less looking for suggestions on the best way to stay up on things so I dont have to start off at square 1 again when I graduate

 

[737 Pylt]

No glass house here English. Let me correct you English. The use of "Your" doesn't always have to be a possessive. "Your" can be used in any capacity relating to "You" or "Yourself". Stick to being a crappy chick pilot English because your not that good as a know it all.

Hey Lequip:
If brains were dynamite, you wouldn't have enough to blow your nose!
737

 

[dhc8ap]

Ace757,

You may feel stuck now, but use this time as an opportunity to secure a skill that will allow you to make ends meet while you wait for flying to open up. By all means finish your degree. Also, I know you prefer ASA, but right now the regionals are still in a state of flux. Be open-minded to what you want, ie what do you like about ASA and see if you can match that up at any of the other carriers. Another thing to consider when looking at regionals is quality of life with commuting-how hard is it, how easy is it. If you do get your CFI-which I recommend you do, you need to go to where you can teach. Teaching not only allows you to build your TT but really expand and reinforce the knowledge that you do have. Plain and simple-don't pigeonhole yourself this early in the game. I worked on my Private my sophomore year in college-too broke to finish, I didn't get back to it until after graduate school. Then I worked on my ratings while I also worked second shift at the hospital. I taught for a year then got hired on by Commutair. My hospital job paid the bills, Commutair put gas in the car. At 27, I had 2 degrees, a marketable skill and my CFI/CFII/MEI.

 

[Simon Says]

Put all of your (not you're) eggs in one (not won) basket. Why don't you quit this thing called college on go on to get all of your (once again not you're) hours needed to get hired by ASA. Then once you upgrade just enroll yourself into (not in to) a correspondent course.

 

[cathal]

Simon Says means "correspondence" course. You're all aware of that, I'm sure.
On the real topic of this thread, my advice is: get a degree and fly as often as you can in the meantime to stay current. When you graduate go to one of the numerous CFI factories around the country (ALLATPS, American Flyers, etc.), then be prepared to teach at a flight school with many multi students. Be prepared to move, and be prepared to go where the work is, even if it's not ASA. You'll have your 1200/200 hours by the time you're 24, if not sooner. You also never know when you'll lose your medical, so you'll always need the degree more than flight hours.
Yours,
cathal

 

[Bayoupilot]

You also never know when you'll lose your medical, so you'll always need the degree more than flight hours.

Best piece of advice I've heard yet on this topic.

 

[captpetefam]

Degree first.

Hey Ace,

I can't stress dis enuf. Git da degree. Man, dey onse sade, "Degree?! You don't need no stinkin' degree!" But now look. You ain't gonna finde Notin' beyond Regional flyin' without da 4-yere degree! If ASA is da goal, go 4 it! BUTT... if you don't git no stinkin' degree, you gots nothin' to fall back on! It dis industry, it could be anythin'! No medical... no degree. No money... you furloughed! So, dude, git da degree, go git da CFI at da CFI factory, start moochin' sum time, make as many contacts as ya cann, and git da job!

"YOU CAN DO IT!!!"

Follow the dream & Blue Side Up!