outside_looking_in
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I know I have asked alot about this on this site before, but I think I may have figured it out now. I want to know if my plan sounds like a good one from all of you who are experienced out there. First I want to start my flight training at ATP or the local Pittsburgh area flight school. There is a reason for this. I already have 47 college credits. It will take me roughly 1 and a half to 2 years to finish my degree online. I figure that there will eventually be a break (according to a lot of you) for some and the industry will begin hiring again in the future. Therefore I want to have as many hours as possible when that time comes. I feel that if I can get my training over with, I can become a CFI and work on my degree online while holding down a CFI position. Any way, that is what an online degree is made for to work around a schedule right? But, if I pursue my college degree now, and leave out the training, I might miss out on a few hundred hours that would throw me over top of the next guy.
Since I have gotten from this site that once you become a CFI you can expect to be there for a year or two, and then you move on to a commuter airline, which doesn't usually require a college degree, I feel I will benefit from a plan like this. You can even expect to be with the regionls for some time before moving to the majors. i feel that developing as many hours as possible as quickly as possible is the best way to go. One thing that collides with this is the fact that I want to get a job at PIT loading planes or fueling them. I dunno, but this is a prototype for a plan that sounds like a good one to follow. Thanks for any insight.
Brian
Since I have gotten from this site that once you become a CFI you can expect to be there for a year or two, and then you move on to a commuter airline, which doesn't usually require a college degree, I feel I will benefit from a plan like this. You can even expect to be with the regionls for some time before moving to the majors. i feel that developing as many hours as possible as quickly as possible is the best way to go. One thing that collides with this is the fact that I want to get a job at PIT loading planes or fueling them. I dunno, but this is a prototype for a plan that sounds like a good one to follow. Thanks for any insight.
Brian
