Considering Career in Aviation.....need help

For the original poster. My only advice to you is that aviation absolutely MUST be a passion to pursue a career in it if you want to be happy. More money more time off is a great thing to aspire to, but the reality is that it will be less money and no time off for quite some time. There's nothing wrong with having goals and aspirations, but you NEED to be happy and content with every step of your career or it will eat you alive. The ones that aren't and look at the next step with envy rather than as motivation, won't even be happy flying a 757 international solely because it's not a 777/747/A380 or some silly non-sense like that.

Aviation is a lifestyle, not a means to make money. It can be down the road, but the path to get there requires the right kind of person.
 
Boris Badenov said:
Never been an airline pilot (or a corporate pilot, for that matter), but I've gone CFI>CFI>CFI>*pause*>Piston freight>tuboprop freight>turboprop freight>jet charter SIC>jet charter PIC>air ambulance turboprop PIC. Eight jobs in about 12 years. Wheeeeeee!
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5 jobs in 5 years(4 jobs in the last 2 years) and 40ish cities(if you count the survey job as places of residence) and one Caribbean island, YAY aviation! :bounce:
 
I thought I'd introduce myself to the forum on a topic I'm pretty fresh in. There is a lot of good advice on here, especially about the pilot mill type school, lots of that going around. I personally was in a similar position to the OP. I graduated college and always wanted to fly just never had the opportunity. I thought going to a big name aviation school would help me achieve that goal. Instead I quickly learned that they were more interested in taking my money than giving me an opportunity to fly. Instead I found a school near home with a good reputation and solid CFIs and started flying with them. That went well for a couple years until it just got too expensive. I eventually left and put in for an aviator position in the military. It's not the job for everyone, but the training is second to none. The nice part is you'll avoid a lot of the debt incurred during flight training. When I got picked up I chose to have my student loans paid off instead of accepting the GI Bill (since I already had a degree). I'm not a recruiter or anything, and I'm actually trying to figure out my next step after the military, since I don't think I want to make this a career. But I thought I'd throw my two cents in since I was in a similar position just a few years ago.
 
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