Educashun?? Huh?? 72 credit-hours at Riddle/Daytona, no degree yet. (No mo bling left). Finished ratings after PPL via ATP's Career Pilot Program, four years after leaving Riddle. Drained savings/took loan to do it.
Jobs:
1202TT/ 140ME: 135 freight dog (Ram Air, after 16 months of full-time CFI). Loved it. Probably the most fun I've had flying, but not really a great long-term QOL. I'd still be there if I needed to be.
2000/550: Hired at Chautauqua (almost exactly 8 months later).
Ram Air job happened with luck, persistence and right place/right time. (I instructed 30 miles down the road so I drove over and started pestering them about 30 hours before I hit 135 mins, and the CP remembered my name when someone dropped out of a class 2 weeks later.) CHQ interview directly as a result of networking/walk-in from a former Ramex guy. Trying to decide how to finish the degree. Good luck.
Jobs:
1202TT/ 140ME: 135 freight dog (Ram Air, after 16 months of full-time CFI). Loved it. Probably the most fun I've had flying, but not really a great long-term QOL. I'd still be there if I needed to be.
2000/550: Hired at Chautauqua (almost exactly 8 months later).
Ram Air job happened with luck, persistence and right place/right time. (I instructed 30 miles down the road so I drove over and started pestering them about 30 hours before I hit 135 mins, and the CP remembered my name when someone dropped out of a class 2 weeks later.) CHQ interview directly as a result of networking/walk-in from a former Ramex guy. Trying to decide how to finish the degree. Good luck.
Livin' large!TC
