av8or757
Well-Known Member
I'm about to start the January IFOD class in just under two weeks now. Anyone else out there signed up for that class,or at any other schools to start the year ?
I'm extremely excited. As the class date draws closer, I have to say that I'm a bit nervous. After about 4-5 years of ramps ops, I thought that would be my 'career'. At 37, and now married I realize for various reasons it's probably good to transition into something else.
So where are my other future dispatchers at ? Are you all ready ? What are your feelings and thoughts going into this ? I'll turn 38 the last week of my class and for the first time ever it has crept into my mind of how an employer may view my age despite however many years in the industry. That actually scares me a bit. It's a sizable investment and move later in life. Not quite the $$$ a pilot may lay down,but I am entering it knowing or expecting to take a haircut. For how long...well time will tell.
Either way, my excitement to earn my DX, and work in the brains of an airline, and hopefully a major in the end outweighs my thoughts of the unknown future.
I'm extremely excited. As the class date draws closer, I have to say that I'm a bit nervous. After about 4-5 years of ramps ops, I thought that would be my 'career'. At 37, and now married I realize for various reasons it's probably good to transition into something else.
So where are my other future dispatchers at ? Are you all ready ? What are your feelings and thoughts going into this ? I'll turn 38 the last week of my class and for the first time ever it has crept into my mind of how an employer may view my age despite however many years in the industry. That actually scares me a bit. It's a sizable investment and move later in life. Not quite the $$$ a pilot may lay down,but I am entering it knowing or expecting to take a haircut. For how long...well time will tell.
Either way, my excitement to earn my DX, and work in the brains of an airline, and hopefully a major in the end outweighs my thoughts of the unknown future.
