Ben_Crown
New Member
Hello everyone - new user and looking for some answers; hopefully you can help.
I've been reading the forums as an unregistered user for quite some time now and have been very confused by all the different opinions on the best way to receive flight training. A little background on myself - I'm 26, got my license when I was 17 and decided to go through a traditional university for a college degree. Unfortunately, I got side-tracked and have been working in the Public Relations field for the last 5 years (which is fun, but it's not flying). SO - I've just gone out on a limb, quit my job, got financing for flight training and have committed to spending several months building my ratings (need COMM/Multi/CFI).
Here's my problem: I almost committed to going to TABExpress, but got scared when I went for a visit and no one would accurately answer my questions such as "what's the point of SIC time in a King Air and do you ever get PIC time," "how many students graduate the program and of those, how many are hired by a regional," "what is the guarantee that I will get the cost of my training refunded," etc. There were no clear answers and I wasn't about to drop $90K for a program that couldn't give me straight answers.
I finally decided to just go the tradional FBO route for now, but there is no guarantee that I will get a time-building job when I'm done. Other than instructing (which who knows if I can even get hired...), what else can newly-rated commerical pilots do to build-up hours?
Any suggestions would be most appreciated - all I know for certain is that I've made a really tough decision to drastically change my career and style of living and I want to make sure that I'm on the right track.
Thanks in advance!
I've been reading the forums as an unregistered user for quite some time now and have been very confused by all the different opinions on the best way to receive flight training. A little background on myself - I'm 26, got my license when I was 17 and decided to go through a traditional university for a college degree. Unfortunately, I got side-tracked and have been working in the Public Relations field for the last 5 years (which is fun, but it's not flying). SO - I've just gone out on a limb, quit my job, got financing for flight training and have committed to spending several months building my ratings (need COMM/Multi/CFI).
Here's my problem: I almost committed to going to TABExpress, but got scared when I went for a visit and no one would accurately answer my questions such as "what's the point of SIC time in a King Air and do you ever get PIC time," "how many students graduate the program and of those, how many are hired by a regional," "what is the guarantee that I will get the cost of my training refunded," etc. There were no clear answers and I wasn't about to drop $90K for a program that couldn't give me straight answers.
I finally decided to just go the tradional FBO route for now, but there is no guarantee that I will get a time-building job when I'm done. Other than instructing (which who knows if I can even get hired...), what else can newly-rated commerical pilots do to build-up hours?
Any suggestions would be most appreciated - all I know for certain is that I've made a really tough decision to drastically change my career and style of living and I want to make sure that I'm on the right track.
Thanks in advance!
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