Flying career advice for my son

The recap to the OP. Join the CG maybe definitely not. Dont join the military because you’re going to the Middle East. Go be an electrician or something , maybe a drone , but definitely not fly airplanes. 😬.

At 17, he’s on the door step of being a professional pilot, so I don’t think he needs to worry about pilot jobs going away immediately.
Would he reach retirement age without a disruption from techinology? Probably not, but not many of us can predict the future in 40 years. My advice would be decide if military is something they’re willing to peruse. If it’s not, then the civilian path I would chose would be to go to college and get 4 year degree, while also getting flight training.
 
OzoneScrubber said:
Mr. Gloverman: when did you stop feeling that the professional pilot juice wasn’t worth the squeeze?
Because I’ve been hearing that noise since the 1980s when I was a student at a prestigious puppy mill.
/not that one
//not that one either

Part two: What IS good career advice for a young person? What would you advise?
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I’m not sure when I started feeling that way, but I think a lot about what could have been. Maybe some regrets for not working harder in school to get into a good college. I was too immature back then to think long term. Instead I am at legacy airline making a decent wage but stuck due to seniority and being older.

Not sure which is a good path for a young person. I wanted to go into finance/investment management and work for a fund, endowment, etc. I didn't get the grades so here I am.
 
Pilot Fighter said:
His dad is an instructor, leveraging that for a PPL seems like a good starting point.
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At 17, the window to do that before college is shrinking. I also know I wouldnt want to be my sons only instructor unless I was an active flight instructor as well. But I do agree that its a good starting point to see if they have the basic aptitude and desire for it before committing to go to a school with the intent to fly.
 
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