jawright
Well-Known Member
Hi. I'm kinda new to the forum and I'm looking for advice.
Here's the deal. I'm 26, single, no kids, and have a year to go on an education degree. I'm working on my PPL and I'd love to be able to fly for a regional someday (hopefully I'm not starting too late). Here are the options I'm considering:
1) *Try* to work on ratings while in school and in my first year of teaching, then start CFI-ing part-time to build hours and pray for multi time
2) Teach school for a year or two, pay off undergrad loans/save my money and go to ATP (for the multi time)
-OR-
3) Teach school, and do the 10 month deal at ATP (again, for the multi time)
My parents don't mind me living at home after I graduate (though I'll feel like a loser), so rent won't be an issue. Given my age and situation, which one sounds like the best option? Which would be most doable without taking out too many loans? Is it realistic to hope to be earning some sort of income from flying by the time I'm 30? Am I an idiot for thinking this is possible?
Any other suggestions (EXCEPT PFT) would be great. Thanks for the help...
Here's the deal. I'm 26, single, no kids, and have a year to go on an education degree. I'm working on my PPL and I'd love to be able to fly for a regional someday (hopefully I'm not starting too late). Here are the options I'm considering:
1) *Try* to work on ratings while in school and in my first year of teaching, then start CFI-ing part-time to build hours and pray for multi time
2) Teach school for a year or two, pay off undergrad loans/save my money and go to ATP (for the multi time)
-OR-
3) Teach school, and do the 10 month deal at ATP (again, for the multi time)
My parents don't mind me living at home after I graduate (though I'll feel like a loser), so rent won't be an issue. Given my age and situation, which one sounds like the best option? Which would be most doable without taking out too many loans? Is it realistic to hope to be earning some sort of income from flying by the time I'm 30? Am I an idiot for thinking this is possible?
Any other suggestions (EXCEPT PFT) would be great. Thanks for the help...