Ian_J
Hubschrauber Flieger
Friday was my last day as a Starchecker, and my last day as a professional pilot.
I had a great time at Airnet, and am really glad I gave it a shot after leaving the military. I'd list everyone on JC who helped me get there, but the list is long and I'd probably forget people. You know who you are though - please accept my heartfelt thanks for all the help.
I have a few options/offers I'll be sorting through in the next week or so, but if anyone is interested I'll let you all know what I'll be doing when I find out.
Besides tons of people who have helped me get an aviation job and explore different aviation options, I have actually received very solid non-flying job leads through two JC members. Go figure. I won't mention them by name in case they don't want their PM boxes filled with requests, but they know who they are too, so thanks.
While I am not a professional pilot anymore, I still love JC, and hope to still contribute what I can. Besides weekend-warrior-ing, I might instruct occasionally. We'll see.
Absolute best of luck to those still in the industry - you have my utmost respect and I look forward to reading how everyone is progressing. In just the few years since I've been a member I've seen CFIs grow into jet/TP captains and it's always exciting to see good people move up.
As for why I left, I wrote about it "off the grid" here, just until I officially left the company.
I had a great time at Airnet, and am really glad I gave it a shot after leaving the military. I'd list everyone on JC who helped me get there, but the list is long and I'd probably forget people. You know who you are though - please accept my heartfelt thanks for all the help.
I have a few options/offers I'll be sorting through in the next week or so, but if anyone is interested I'll let you all know what I'll be doing when I find out.
Besides tons of people who have helped me get an aviation job and explore different aviation options, I have actually received very solid non-flying job leads through two JC members. Go figure. I won't mention them by name in case they don't want their PM boxes filled with requests, but they know who they are too, so thanks.
While I am not a professional pilot anymore, I still love JC, and hope to still contribute what I can. Besides weekend-warrior-ing, I might instruct occasionally. We'll see.
Absolute best of luck to those still in the industry - you have my utmost respect and I look forward to reading how everyone is progressing. In just the few years since I've been a member I've seen CFIs grow into jet/TP captains and it's always exciting to see good people move up.
As for why I left, I wrote about it "off the grid" here, just until I officially left the company.