The Current Market for Pilots

FedUp said:
truth hurts. unless youre already wealthy looking for a giggle or have mommy and daddy to pay, youre totally screwed in this biz.

also be prepared to hang out with a bunch of tools who have no social skills and prefer a big metal tube instead of a gal (or guy) at home and friends to see and socialize with more than once a month!

TRUTH.
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Ehh, I see a prescription for Prozac in someone's future, sheesh.
 
loftyleafedlindens said:
Hello all,

I'm currently thinking about a job as a pilot, and I've come here to get some information on how I would go about doing that.

I'm 28 years old and have a bachelor's in journalism. I have 2 flight hours at a small local flight school but I realize that I probably can't get a job going this route. I also have a wife and a 1 year old daughter.

Basically, what would you as pilots recommend that I do to get education and land a job? How do most pilots do it? Is there a huge surplus/shortage in the number of pilots that makes for bad job prospects?

I've been doing some research into ATP, it sounds like most folks who graduate are lucky to find instructor jobs let alone jobs at regional airlines. But then again I'm not entirely opposed to doing a school like that.

Thanks.
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I think @BobDDuck's post was spot-on.

Start with your private, see how you feel from there.

Granted I'm surrounded my smiling, ecstatic new hire pilots here at the training center, anyone who is "that bitter" in the profession and isn't working on an exit plan isn't necessarily an opinion I'd base a decision on.

Do some training, if you've got the bug you've got the bug. If you're still not too sure, keep searching! :)

Good luck in your endeavors.
 
And yes, the other website may consider me a "jack wagon", but I'm seriously having the time of my life helping a new hire SouthernJetter get his "sea leg" for the final stage of his career.

It's fun. I'm not going to lie and say it isn't to please the haters.
 
FedUp said:
cool story. you have a long way between 40hrs PPL and 1500hrs ATP to have the glorious luxury of making 22k.
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Derg said:
And yes, the other website may consider me a "jack wagon", but I'm seriously having the time of my life helping a new hire SouthernJetter get his "sea leg" for the final stage of his career.

It's fun. I'm not going to lie and say it isn't to please the haters.
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What is it with people in Scottsdale attracting, "haters?!" :)
 
FedUp said:
funny because thats not allowed for pilots. if youre not diagnosed youre not sick, right? thats how the FAA sees it!
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Anti-Depressants / Anxiety - Single-use Anti-Depressants such as: Celexa (Citalopram Hydrobromide), Lexapro (Escitalopram Oxalate), Prozac (Fluoxetine Hydrochloride) or Zoloft (Sertraline Hydrochloride) are approved by the FAA on a case by case basis. I'd be getting that application in as soon as possible if I were you.
 
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