| Airline experience: |
yes |
| Corporate or fractional experience: |
no |
| Cargo experience: |
no |
| Military, government, or law enforcement experience: |
no |
| Mentor profile: |
Here is a quick synopsis of my flying career. I started it all at
the age of 25 at a Community College in Eugene, OR. I got my
comm/inst. in 2years and tracked down a flight school that had lots
of multi-engine aircraft. This school happened to be in the LA
basin. I picked up and moved down to this flight school where I
picked up my CFI/II/MEI. I started to instruct there and racked up
a whopping 1400TT with 450Multi. All of this in a time span of
13months. At that point I put my resume into all of the regionals
and went to the first one to call which happened to be Mesaba
Airlines. Currently, I am a Captain on a Saab 340.
Like I said I am 30 years old. I am engaged and plan to be married
next year living in Memphis, TN. I do not have a four-year degree,
but I am working on it with Internet classes. It is tough times
out there for everybody in the aviation community, and I think this
board is an excellent resource for aspiring pilots.
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| Favorite thing about flying: |
| The freedom of general aviation has to be my favorite part. |
| Disadvatages of being a pilot: |
It takes many years to be able to make enough money to support a family.
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| What you would have done different: |
| Start earlier |
| Advice to aspiring pilots: |
| You must have enough passion for flying to endure the many pains of doing it as a career. |
| Problems encounterd along the way: |
That is a question based on individual accounts.
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