A Summer Job or at least it\'s Experience
Hey Everyone,
So after reading many responses about the GFA and paying for SIC time, I'm a little hesitent to write this. Regardless of what is said in response to this, though, I'm very very excited about this opportunity and look forward to my "summer job".
I'm just finishing up my junior year at James Madison University in Virginia. There is no aviation program here, so I've done all my flying on my own outside of school at SHD which is about 15 minutes from campus. So since my freshman year I've been lucky enough to get my ratings up through CFII/MEI. I've been teaching other JMU students flying and have even started the JMU Flight Club. The only problem I'm seeing right now is the industry.
Yes, I want to be an airline pilot. My Dad is with NWA on the A320. I look up to him in many ways and can't wait till it's me up there in the cockpit. (Doug don't read this
) he even calls me on the cell phone, and puts it down so i can hear all the calls being made as they take-off. So, I'm a little obsessed with flying. not a bad thing right? These dreams seem far off with the way the industry is looking now. So with virtually no students except a few here and there... and for sure no multi-students, i've decided in order to speed up my experience a little bit, to pay for flying in the right seat.
I did a lot of research on different SIC programs and was sure to not go to anything that looked like a scam and a rip-off. I found a great program offering twin/turbine time farely inexpensively. After weighing the options both good and bad, we decided that it would be a good investment. Sure we all have to pay our dues, but honestly, I'd love to graduate next year into a job doing "something besides flight instructing". and this is a quick 100 hours of twin time, where it at the rate i'm going now it might take another 3 years to get that.
hopefully, you'll see that I'm doing it for the great experience and to have something that'll look good on my reseme. so for a college summer, i'd say it's not a bad thing to do. what do you think?
R-S
Hey Everyone,
So after reading many responses about the GFA and paying for SIC time, I'm a little hesitent to write this. Regardless of what is said in response to this, though, I'm very very excited about this opportunity and look forward to my "summer job".
I'm just finishing up my junior year at James Madison University in Virginia. There is no aviation program here, so I've done all my flying on my own outside of school at SHD which is about 15 minutes from campus. So since my freshman year I've been lucky enough to get my ratings up through CFII/MEI. I've been teaching other JMU students flying and have even started the JMU Flight Club. The only problem I'm seeing right now is the industry.
Yes, I want to be an airline pilot. My Dad is with NWA on the A320. I look up to him in many ways and can't wait till it's me up there in the cockpit. (Doug don't read this
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I did a lot of research on different SIC programs and was sure to not go to anything that looked like a scam and a rip-off. I found a great program offering twin/turbine time farely inexpensively. After weighing the options both good and bad, we decided that it would be a good investment. Sure we all have to pay our dues, but honestly, I'd love to graduate next year into a job doing "something besides flight instructing". and this is a quick 100 hours of twin time, where it at the rate i'm going now it might take another 3 years to get that.
hopefully, you'll see that I'm doing it for the great experience and to have something that'll look good on my reseme. so for a college summer, i'd say it's not a bad thing to do. what do you think?
R-S