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rwgb1984

rwgb1984

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Feel free to flame me for being a prima donna:

Frustrated with the serious delays in training I've been faced with lately. Long story short my situation changed such that I have had to delay flight training (and thus any hope of getting a 'real' job) indefinitely. Currently sitting on a log book with 310hrs TT, PPL and IR completed with a handful of hours to go for CSEL.

I've sold all of my valuable possessions including some aviation related items and now I'm stuck on the line AGAIN as an LST with any hope of moving forward with training existing as a thought in my mind with no real way of getting the rest of it done.

That is all.
 
Hang in there, brotha. Most of us have faced delays in training from time to time. I didn't really understand your last long sentence. Do you not have a full time job? And what is a "handful of hours" to get your commercial?
 
Budget for the training don't sell your life for it. It doesn't really matter how many extra months you get into the industry unless you are 64 years old. Airplanes will be there just study up because that costs you nothing and you will be plenty prepared when you have your checkrides.
 
troopernflight said:
Hang in there, brotha. Most of us have faced delays in training from time to time. I didn't really understand your last long sentence. Do you not have a full time job? And what is a "handful of hours" to get your commercial?
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I believe he is a Line Service Tech. at a GA airport somewhere. I'd imagine it is a full-time job, but it's not enough to sustain flight training.
 
@troopernflight

I had two jobs at the beginning of the summer and was living pretty comfortably and was using student loans to pay for training. I lost one of my jobs (as a TA for a local University) and lost a substantial amount of income (was getting paid $14.00/hr for 20hrs a week to work from home/remotely.) Substantial in the time v. income sense I suppose...

Anyway, once I was hit with this loss of income I sold my iPad (used mainly for flying/school) and my headset (LS Zulu... cmon I could afford both items at the time I purchased!) plus a handful of other items. I sold all of those things to pay bills and stay in a house I had renewed a second 12 month lease on in August (renewed in March sometime....) Now, I have a NEW job (was still working two jobs: 70hrs/week to cover my bills. No food/gas) that pays enough to pay my bills and actually save a little money. Got some roomates for the house to ease the living expenses but on the second day of the new job my fiances cars' transmission went out. Need two cars (both commute about 45miles to work) so now instead of saving a ton of money and then finishing my ratings next summer I'll be buying a new car and using the money I had hoped to save to pay for a car.

My situation as it is now would allow me to save enough money to finish flight training because of the additional income from my room mates. However, this will only be until August and because I now have to buy a new car it sucks because I know the likely hood of having my living expenses be equal to or less than what they are now, my income will basically cover bills when I have to pick up an apartment with typical rent for where I live.

Anyway, I hope that made sense...
 
I've seen a few guys get stuck in the line jobs and want to move on but not really have the means and one thing is to consider if you can fill up the savings account faster doing something else? It can be fun to work on the ramp all day when aviation is a passion (I did it for a few years), but make sure it's the best for your long term goals. It all depends on what opportunities are available to you, compare your employee discounts to your potential earning power in some other job.
 
Honestly, working this ramp job is the next highest paying job i've had since working as a TA ($13.00/hr.) I guess I will need to buckle down for the next two to three years (have no idea how thats actually going to happen...) to save the money to make it happen...
 
Just buckle down and get rid of extraneous costs. One great thing is to use mint.com to give you a visual on what you are spending. I kept spending my money on stupid stuff like snacks and quick food and it was costing me nearly $200 in extra expenses.
 
Story of my life. I started flying 7 years ago and I'm still a Private/Instrument with about 220 hours and a multi most likely still out of reach. My only advice is don't take on debt you don't need for it. You will get there without it and be happier in the end.
 
rwgb1984 said:
@troopernflight

I had two jobs at the beginning of the summer and was living pretty comfortably and was using student loans to pay for training. I lost one of my jobs (as a TA for a local University) and lost a substantial amount of income (was getting paid $14.00/hr for 20hrs a week to work from home/remotely.) Substantial in the time v. income sense I suppose...

Anyway, once I was hit with this loss of income I sold my iPad (used mainly for flying/school) and my headset (LS Zulu... cmon I could afford both items at the time I purchased!) plus a handful of other items. I sold all of those things to pay bills and stay in a house I had renewed a second 12 month lease on in August (renewed in March sometime....) Now, I have a NEW job (was still working two jobs: 70hrs/week to cover my bills. No food/gas) that pays enough to pay my bills and actually save a little money. Got some roomates for the house to ease the living expenses but on the second day of the new job my fiances cars' transmission went out. Need two cars (both commute about 45miles to work) so now instead of saving a ton of money and then finishing my ratings next summer I'll be buying a new car and using the money I had hoped to save to pay for a car.

My situation as it is now would allow me to save enough money to finish flight training because of the additional income from my room mates. However, this will only be until August and because I now have to buy a new car it sucks because I know the likely hood of having my living expenses be equal to or less than what they are now, my income will basically cover bills when I have to pick up an apartment with typical rent for where I live.

Anyway, I hope that made sense...
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I do know the feeling. I worked 1 full time and 2 part time jobs during training (and still do since my wife quit her job to be a stay at home). Did anyone at the airport offer to help you build hours in their aircraft? I was fortunate to have a guy let me fly his King Air and I saved a lot of money doing that. If you haven't already done it, cut extraneous expenses that you can. You'd be surprised how much money you spend on fast food and beer per month. I second using mint.com. It would really help keep a tight budget. Put away what you can and you'll get there. It's hard to be patient when your eyes are always looking upwards, I know! Incorporate some prayer for what you need and God will provide.
 
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