young guys

I think I'm a real old fart around here. Going to be 33 in a couple weeks. What is more important to me than spelling and all that stuff is how the person reacts to the criticism. You all will be critiqued to death throughout your career so work on your reaction to it as much as you work on not making the mistake.

Everyone makes spelling errors etc. The real problem creeping in IMHO is the use of text speak into regular communication. I actually got emails from people that wanted info/advice/a recommendation that said, "Hey What's up...i here ur co. mite be hrng. is it 2 l8 2 apply?" Of course I gave the guy a bit of a hard time, he reacted well, got his stuff together and I helped him prep for the interview. HOWEVER, many many many people in this industry would simply dismiss him immediately.

My basic rule of thumb on the internet is this. Never post something that you wouldn't say in person if everyone in the room knew who you were. Because as someone pointed out, they usually can figure it out eventually. This isn't directed at anyone in the thread, just general advice.

Now sonny, help an old man off of his :soapbox:...
 
Damn there's a lot of young guys here (I like to think I'm one) with most if not all of their ratings. Am I the only guy who paid for their hours the old fashioned way or is everyone in debt up to their eyeballs. Hell when I was 16 I couldn't afford a Playstation much less a PPL.
 
I'm 19, and have my private checkride in a week. I've had the worst luck with it thus far. I was supposed to take my checkride last summer but the examiner got fired and the earliest I could reschedual was in October right after NJC. Then I got sick, reschedualed, got sick AGAIN(only 2 times I got sick all year). Then it had been so long since I had done some of the airwork that I got really sloppy and it took a while for me to get ready again. Lets hope all goes well this time!
 
ChasenSFO said:
I'm 19, and have my private checkride in a week. I've had the worst luck with it thus far. I was supposed to take my checkride last summer but the examiner got fired and the earliest I could reschedual was in October right after NJC. Then I got sick, reschedualed, got sick AGAIN(only 2 times I got sick all year). Then it had been so long since I had done some of the airwork that I got really sloppy and it took a while for me to get ready again. Lets hope all goes well this time!
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Best of luck man..... I'll keep my fingers crossed for ya buddy. :rawk:
 
McDiesel said:
how many of yall on here male or felmale are like me young trying to persue the aviation carrer im 18 just got instement rated and wonder how many more young pilots there are relly out there?
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Congratulations on getting your Instrument Rating! I'm nineteen years old, and I'm going to be twenty next month. I started flight training this past June and got my Private Pilot Certificate in August. Currently, I am working on my Instrument Rating, Multi-Engine Rating, and Commercial Pilot Certificate. I should be getting those sometime in the middle of 2011. I have run into some difficulties that are slowing me down a bit, but I'm not really in a hurry, though. I know that, unless I get hit by a truck and become paralyzed, or I get murdered in my sleep or anything else that would compromise my goal of becoming a professional pilot, I WILL accomplish this goal.
 
Codyjp said:
It looks like we should drop the subject because your just not going to get it.

Demo 13
FBO Job 16
Private at 18
Instrument 19
Commercial, CFI 20
CFII 23
MEI 24

Best quote regarding my age (I was 21 at the time) by one on of my students:
"Man I wish my son had it half as together as you do, but he doesn't, he's a real F-up."
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If you look at my original post it did not have those mistakes you added them in there.
I really don't appreciate being scrutinized over something that you fabricated so thanks.
 
coa787 said:
Congratulations on getting your Instrument Rating! I'm nineteen years old, and I'm going to be twenty next month. I started flight training this past June and got my Private Pilot Certificate in August. Currently, I am working on my Instrument Rating, Multi-Engine Rating, and Commercial Pilot Certificate. I should be getting those sometime in the middle of 2011. I have run into some difficulties that are slowing me down a bit, but I'm not really in a hurry, though. I know that, unless I get hit by a truck and become paralyzed, or I get murdered in my sleep or anything else that would compromise my goal of becoming a professional pilot, I WILL accomplish this goal.
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Thank you I know what you mean about bumps in the road, I have run into them as well you will get it positive attitude always helped me.:)
 
popaviator said:
Best of luck man..... I'll keep my fingers crossed for ya buddy. :rawk:
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Thanks, Martin!

Superfly7XAF said:
Damn there's a lot of young guys here (I like to think I'm one) with most if not all of their ratings. Am I the only guy who paid for their hours the old fashioned way or is everyone in debt up to their eyeballs. Hell when I was 16 I couldn't afford a Playstation much less a PPL.
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I did it the same way, which is why I started when I was 16 and now here I am at 19 about to (hopefully) get my private ticket. Yes, I couldn't afford to fly often, and yes it took a long time, but I never owned a penny and could afford to do othet things I wanted. I'm not big on the whole take a 40k loan and do it all in a few months type thing, I just don't like owing money.
 
Hacker15e said:
Holy buckets, if that makes you a 'real old fart', then some of us are just about to touch down in the grave.
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If 33 qualifies as an old fart, man, I'd better start making that decision about cremation or traditional burial pretty darned quick! ;)
 
McDiesel said:
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Since it apparently didn't make sense, let me spell it out for ya.

You said, "Unless you can convince me ANG has got the perks I have been looking for."

As if you were auditioning the ANG for the honor of having you in it.

Doesn't work that way, unfortunately. You don't join the military for "perks". It's not called "the service" for nothing, ya know.
 
ChasenSFO said:
Superfly7XAF said:
Damn there's a lot of young guys here (I like to think I'm one) with most if not all of their ratings. Am I the only guy who paid for their hours the old fashioned way or is everyone in debt up to their eyeballs. Hell when I was 16 I couldn't afford a Playstation much less a PPL.
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I did it the same way, which is why I started when I was 16 and now here I am at 19 about to (hopefully) get my private ticket. Yes, I couldn't afford to fly often, and yes it took a long time, but I never owned a penny and could afford to do other things I wanted. I'm not big on the whole take a 40k loan and do it all in a few months type thing, I just don't like owing money.
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Wow, 19 and with a job that allows you to non-rev about and explore the country already? Way to go man. :)

I'm in the same boat, I don't want to owe a lot of money (though student loans will likely be inevitable for college). I took a trip down to Embry-Riddle Prescott while still in high school, rode along in the back of a Riddle C172 and observed a lesson, and absolutely loved it. I was so sure it was the only place for me. But as the time to apply approached (and thanks in part to a reality check from reading JC), the realization set in that I would have to be completely nuts to spend $200K that DIDN'T BELONG TO ME for this industry.

Starting my training at 17, it took me around two years to get my PPL with around 60 hours, because it was literally all I could afford working part time at the FBO, making minimum wage and commuting. Sometimes I feel disappointed that I didn't progress faster and I'm not further along with my ratings, but the feeling of accomplishment from knowing that I self-funded my training as a teenager and fulfilled my childhood aspiration is really gratifying. For the time not spent flying more recently, I've been managing to keep it together in college, which is pretty gratifying too.

Ultimately I don't think it's a race. Sure we want ample time in the industry before a mandatory retirement and a low seniority number, but I think everyone has their own standard of QOL that they're willing to sacrifice to get there. For me, professional flying = happiness, but not being in insurmountable debt with no job also = happiness.

In the short term, by sacrificing the chance to make rapid progress in my flight training in favor of pursuing an engineering degree (and backup career option), I hope that I'm making the right choice for my career and QOL down the road.

This thread makes me feel young again... :crazy:
 
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