I have a question that I would like some help with. I am trying to figure out my future and I was originally going to go to Embry Riddle and although am still accepted I decided to for go my acceptance and apply elsewhere to get a business degree. I just thought that it would be safer that way then trying to rely on the airlines industry. I am currently working on my private and eventually will earn a commercial rating, but I am interested to know if there are any carreers that offer like a dual business and flying kind of operation so that way I won't be away from home for such long periods of time when I get married and have a family? Correct me if I'm wrong, but being a pilot and having a family has to be a very difficult thing since you're not at home very often.
Carrer opportunities?
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jrh
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Have you thought of owning an FBO?
I know a guy who manages an FBO full time, but also flies a King Air occasionally and instructs in the small amount of spare time he has. Before he became manager at his current FBO he owned and managed a small flight school. He gets to be home most nights, makes a decent living, and his FBO is quite successful. All his workers like him and he's one of the better flight instructors I've flown with. In general, he has a good life.
You just have to look for the right opportunities and take them when you see them.
I know a guy who manages an FBO full time, but also flies a King Air occasionally and instructs in the small amount of spare time he has. Before he became manager at his current FBO he owned and managed a small flight school. He gets to be home most nights, makes a decent living, and his FBO is quite successful. All his workers like him and he's one of the better flight instructors I've flown with. In general, he has a good life.
You just have to look for the right opportunities and take them when you see them.
TexasFlyer
Living the Dream (well at least trying to)
I just went up to Texas Hill Country near Blanco to check out some land overlooking Canyon Lake in a new golf resort style community being developed by a wealthly rancher and specialized land development company. The land sales guy was telling me how thier corporate pilot flys the execs around the country as needed to spec out projects and new land acquisitions. In the down time he also sells the land in the Texas Hill Country. What a great deal! By the way, I was also told he makes his money selling land since the pilot part of the job pays minimal (such is the case in such an industry from what I learn but here is someone who flys a corporate jet as needed and makes a big dollar selling land... not a bad deal). I hear of many unique opportunities out there like this where you can have a more steady work schedule. No need to only focus on the airline or cargo life...
BrettInLJ
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Have you thought of owning an FBO?
I know a guy who manages an FBO full time, but also flies a King Air occasionally and instructs in the small amount of spare time he has. Before he became manager at his current FBO he owned and managed a small flight school. He gets to be home most nights, makes a decent living, and his FBO is quite successful. All his workers like him and he's one of the better flight instructors I've flown with. In general, he has a good life.
You just have to look for the right opportunities and take them when you see them.
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That is lucky. Flight schools and FBO's are very hard business to make money on these days. It seems to be a good accomplishment to survive another year. That would be a great life if it worked out and you made enough to support a household.
Have you thought of owning an FBO?
I know a guy who manages an FBO full time, but also flies a King Air occasionally and instructs in the small amount of spare time he has. Before he became manager at his current FBO he owned and managed a small flight school. He gets to be home most nights, makes a decent living, and his FBO is quite successful. All his workers like him and he's one of the better flight instructors I've flown with. In general, he has a good life.
You just have to look for the right opportunities and take them when you see them.
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That is lucky. Flight schools and FBO's are very hard business to make money on these days. It seems to be a good accomplishment to survive another year. That would be a great life if it worked out and you made enough to support a household.