DrBenny
New Member
I love flying, but it isn't going to be my career. That is beside the point in a way because I want to fly as precisely and professionaly as possible. I know that this is the main reason to go for the commercial rating; IOW, you have to hold yourself to ever higher standards in order to pass! But I have a few more questions:
1) Can you think of any other reason to get the commercial rating, even if you're not going to fly for your bread?
2) If one did get the rating, could one do occasional jobs? The only one I can think of which doesn't involve tons of paperwork and applications is becoming a CFI and taking an occasional student. This I might do, because I am a teacher and college prof. right now, so it might be fun to teach flying.
3) Here's the big question: can one take the IR and the comm rating training at the same time? How about the checkride?
Thanks for your thoughts!
1) Can you think of any other reason to get the commercial rating, even if you're not going to fly for your bread?
2) If one did get the rating, could one do occasional jobs? The only one I can think of which doesn't involve tons of paperwork and applications is becoming a CFI and taking an occasional student. This I might do, because I am a teacher and college prof. right now, so it might be fun to teach flying.
3) Here's the big question: can one take the IR and the comm rating training at the same time? How about the checkride?
Thanks for your thoughts!