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PropSettin'

PropSettin'

Low n Slow
Almost six years ago exactly I was sitting in my cubicle hating life, and was told to exit stage right as they knew, and I knew, that what I was doing wasn't for me. Walked directly across the street to the flight school and signed up for the next available slot in training. In short, the best thing I ever did. 141 to 135 to 121 regional, and as of this week I am officially the newest purple box hauler and couldn't be more excited for the career ahead with such a fantastic company. I have mostly lurked on this site nearly every day since the start and while the info provided here is extremely helpful, in the end it was the shared mentality of those on here that shaped how I approached achieving this goal and has been the most influential aspect in getting there. I thank all you JC'ers for that.

I'd like to paint this as a rosy story but I created some of my own serious obstacles to overcome. However, every single day for six years I woke up and asked myself, "what can I do today to just get an inch closer to that goal?" If you do that, you have just as good a chance as anyone else in this career to be successful.

I'm certainly not an expert in this field, but things that helped me:

-Network, network, network
-Get outside your comfort zone
-Be positive
-Do something everyday to get to the goal
-Offset the black marks
-Get out of pistons asap
 
PropSettin' said:
Almost six years ago exactly I was sitting in my cubicle hating life, and was told to exit stage right as they knew, and I knew, that what I was doing wasn't for me. Walked directly across the street to the flight school and signed up for the next available slot in training. In short, the best thing I ever did. 141 to 135 to 121 regional, and as of this week I am officially the newest purple box hauler and couldn't be more excited for the career ahead with such a fantastic company. I have mostly lurked on this site nearly every day since the start and while the info provided here is extremely helpful, in the end it was the shared mentality of those on here that shaped how I approached achieving this goal and has been the most influential aspect in getting there. I thank all you JC'ers for that.

I'd like to paint this as a rosy story but I created some of my own serious obstacles to overcome. However, every single day for six years I woke up and asked myself, "what can I do today to just get an inch closer to that goal?" If you do that, you have just as good a chance as anyone else in this career to be successful.

I'm certainly not an expert in this field, but things that helped me:

-Network, network, network
-Get outside your comfort zone
-Be positive
-Do something everyday to get to the goal
-Offset the black marks
-Get out of pistons asap
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PropSettin' said:
Almost six years ago exactly I was sitting in my cubicle hating life, and was told to exit stage right as they knew, and I knew, that what I was doing wasn't for me. Walked directly across the street to the flight school and signed up for the next available slot in training. In short, the best thing I ever did. 141 to 135 to 121 regional, and as of this week I am officially the newest purple box hauler and couldn't be more excited for the career ahead with such a fantastic company. I have mostly lurked on this site nearly every day since the start and while the info provided here is extremely helpful, in the end it was the shared mentality of those on here that shaped how I approached achieving this goal and has been the most influential aspect in getting there. I thank all you JC'ers for that.

I'd like to paint this as a rosy story but I created some of my own serious obstacles to overcome. However, every single day for six years I woke up and asked myself, "what can I do today to just get an inch closer to that goal?" If you do that, you have just as good a chance as anyone else in this career to be successful.

I'm certainly not an expert in this field, but things that helped me:

-Network, network, network
-Get outside your comfort zone
-Be positive
-Do something everyday to get to the goal
-Offset the black marks
-Get out of pistons asap
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Congratulations!
 
Radu38J said:
Congratulations! May I ask what your career path was? How much time did you have when you went purple?
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Thank you!

Mix of two flight schools as CFI till about 1100 hours, 135 turbine SIC 550 hours, 121 Regional 1100 hours SIC, 1100 hours PIC, LCA

But as many of us know thats just a small part of the resume, and it was for mine as well. Lots of "extras" to be had out there. Seek them out.
 
PropSettin' said:
Thank you!

Mix of two flight schools as CFI till about 1100 hours, 135 turbine SIC 550 hours, 121 Regional 1100 hours SIC, 1100 hours PIC, LCA

But as many of us know thats just a small part of the resume, and it was for mine as well. Lots of "extras" to be had out there. Seek them out.
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Congratulations!

I think the “extras” are where people run out of steam. If you wouldn’t mind expanding on what you did to make your resume that much more attractive I think it would be pretty helpful.
 
milleR said:
Congratulations!

I think the “extras” are where people run out of steam. If you wouldn’t mind expanding on what you did to make your resume that much more attractive I think it would be pretty helpful.
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The bulk of it was LCA, ALPA rep, Aviation masters degree in progress, various community service that I had participated in prior or were still currently participating in, and ultimately the only job fair I talked to FDX at was this past NGPA and received the invite shortly thereafter.

The lines this year at NGPA for FDX were unusually short so i took the opportunity and more or less camped out for about 90 min at the end of the day when the recruiters weren't too busy. Really made some strong connections at that point that I believe helped me.

No personal endorsement on my app.
 
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