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chris6387

chris6387

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Hello all,

I've been a member of these forums since 2002 when I was in high school. For a few years there, I read the forums pretty actively.

Anyway, I thought I'd mention that I just graduated college with a BS in Mechanical Engineering and start working next Monday as an engineer. I've decided that flying for a living isn't for me. This notion was reinforced by my experience with the Philly snow debacle this past weekend.

Nevertheless, my interest in aviation has yet to be tamed. I accumulated 20 hours of flight time a few years ago, but found it too difficult to finish my PPL while maintaining studies and playing a varsity sport. I'm looking forward to picking this back up and getting my license (this summer) and my own plane (many summers from now).
 
Congratulations, I got my BS in ME about 2 years ago and have been working as an engineer since. It's not so bad, I get to work with airplanes but I'd rather be flying them. If you're able to get a job with an aviation company (Boeing, Cessna, Bombardier, etc) a lot of them have flying clubs or will help pay for your ratings. The company I'm contracted for pays almost half of your PPL and some of your IR too, something to think about.

Best of luck with your career.
 
Do they exempt engineering students from English courses? Graduated FROM College, unless you're drawing lines on the side of the place. ;)

And congratulations! It's all downhill from here. :/
 
Superfly7XAF said:
If you're able to get a job with an aviation company (Boeing, Cessna, Bombardier, etc) a lot of them have flying clubs or will help pay for your ratings. The company I'm contracted for pays almost half of your PPL and some of your IR too, something to think about.
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This is interesting. I have tried to get an interview with Boeing, but haven't had any luck.

Although I'm not working with an aviation company, a lot of what I have done as an intern this past fall and summer involved particle and fluid flow. Not working with planes, but aerodynamics nonetheless.
 
Boris Badenov said:
Do they exempt engineering students from English courses? Graduated FROM College, unless you're drawing lines on the side of the place. ;)
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Haha, believe or not I scored high enough on my SATs to be exempt from the English course. Writing all of the engineering reports has probably made my grammar and writing worse than what it used to be in high school.
 
Congratulations! Aerospace giants can be hard to get into without on campus recruiting or personal connections. Online applications are rather ineffectual on their own. If in the future you want to work at one of those companies and your networking is not making it happen, consider getting a graduate degree at a school with strong aerospace connections.

Good luck at your new job - school may be done but your education certainly isn't :)
 
chris6387 said:
Hello all,

I've been a member of these forums since 2002 when I was in high school. For a few years there, I read the forums pretty actively.

Anyway, I thought I'd mention that I just graduated college with a BS in Mechanical Engineering and start working next Monday as an engineer. I've decided that flying for a living isn't for me. This notion was reinforced by my experience with the Philly snow debacle this past weekend.

Nevertheless, my interest in aviation has yet to be tamed. I accumulated 20 hours of flight time a few years ago, but found it too difficult to finish my PPL while maintaining studies and playing a varsity sport. I'm looking forward to picking this back up and getting my license (this summer) and my own plane (many summers from now).
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Stay an engineer, with an engineers pay you'll be able to finish your ppl and buy your own airplane, and flying will be fun again. :)
 
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