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- Tue Nov 25, 2008 9:40 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: WHAT THE H*LL AM I SIGNING UP FOR??
- Replies: 60
- Views: 5123
Re: WHAT THE H*LL AM I SIGNING UP FOR??
Quick!!! Someone gt this guy a paper bag before he passes out!!!! Listen I have 400 hours and I am 32. I plan on being with a larger carrier by the time I am 36 and if you can't live on 60-80 G a year doing something as awesome as flying everyday then tell me how the poor prick working at Wal Mart ...
- Thu Nov 20, 2008 9:45 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: WHAT THE H*LL AM I SIGNING UP FOR??
- Replies: 60
- Views: 5123
Re: WHAT THE H*LL AM I SIGNING UP FOR??
You guys/gals.... are really starting to scare me..... it sounds like almost 80% of you, wish you never chose aviation for a career? Is there no passion for the flying? or is it really that bad, that your passion is gone????????
- Thu Nov 20, 2008 8:33 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: WHAT THE H*LL AM I SIGNING UP FOR??
- Replies: 60
- Views: 5123
Re: WHAT THE H*LL AM I SIGNING UP FOR??
Is this the reality of the situation in aviation, no matter what route you take, for real? RCMP wage: Year 1 45k Year 2 55k Year 3 65k Then around 70k for next 7 years gives you $655 000 Now give Gov half you have $327 000 Have a nice house mostly paid off and your own little C172 at the airport to ...
- Thu Nov 20, 2008 8:31 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: WHAT THE H*LL AM I SIGNING UP FOR??
- Replies: 60
- Views: 5123
Re: WHAT THE H*LL AM I SIGNING UP FOR??
I dont Understand what you mean by this at all?...... Please elaborate. The reason i ask, is bc im getting into aviatin to have an exciting and travel oriented career.... not the same old Sh*t different day job..... Dude ! either you're in or you're out. And more importantly, don't have high expecta...
- Wed Nov 19, 2008 10:48 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: WHAT THE H*LL AM I SIGNING UP FOR??
- Replies: 60
- Views: 5123
WHAT THE H*LL AM I SIGNING UP FOR??
OK, guys My brain is being eaten alive by stress right now... Like seriously... I think im going to have an anneurism! I just decided to go to flight school at age 26, shell out the 60,000$ (ie. go in debt) Soooo Im just wondering , what am i sigining up for here??.... STRAIGHT UP.... I need the goo...
- Wed Nov 19, 2008 4:01 pm
- Forum: Helicopter Forum
- Topic: Helicopters or Fixed Wing???
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5379
Re: Helicopters or Fixed Wing???
Holy... SH*T!! that is wild..... DOes it take the sameammount of time in fixed wing? and is the pay as bad?
It was 5yrs working seasonal ground crew jobs before i got a flying position.[/quote]
It was 5yrs working seasonal ground crew jobs before i got a flying position.[/quote]
- Sun Nov 16, 2008 4:36 pm
- Forum: Helicopter Forum
- Topic: Helicopters or Fixed Wing???
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5379
Helicopters or Fixed Wing???
Im just about to get into my flight training. My whole life i have been focussed on fixed wing aircraft, and now feel as if i may have not given helicopters enough thought. So i have 2 questions for all of yah. if you dont mind? 1.) why would one choose a career in flying choppers over fixed wing? o...
- Sun Nov 16, 2008 4:27 pm
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: average monthly salary for a flight instructor?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8488
Re: average monthly salary for a flight instructor?
Do most schools give a base salry?
- Sun Nov 16, 2008 4:07 pm
- Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
- Topic: Ramp jobs: Buffalo Airways vs Air Tindi
- Replies: 43
- Views: 7728
Re: Ramp jobs: Buffalo Airways vs Air Tindi
This is probably a really dumb question, but im new to all of this. Are you saying that it was way better to get a job flying in alberta as opposed to northern canada? and secondly, Where did you move? you said the dark continent... im preety sure i know which one this is.. but to be sure where is t...
- Tue Oct 07, 2008 5:47 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: This can't be good
- Replies: 32
- Views: 3940
Re: This can't be good
Sooooo, should i be gong to FLight school in JAnuary 2009, with the intention of graduating in jan 2010.... So ill be fresh out of pilot school in a year and a half from now.... IS the market going to be startying to rebuild by then?? WHat do you guys think? Ive been trying to become a pilot for alo...
- Tue Oct 07, 2008 5:34 pm
- Forum: Employment Forum
- Topic: A, B , C or D....TOO INstruct or NOT TOO INSTRUCT..hmmmm???
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1720
Re: A, B , C or D....TOO INstruct or NOT TOO INSTRUCT..hmmmm???
So the general feeling im getting here.... is that .... Instructing is NOT the way too go if i want to break into Multi IFR time building as quickly as possibe (ie make Myself a valuable pilot to companies in the air industry/ advance faster). It seems to me, that the general consensus is to move no...
- Mon Sep 29, 2008 7:22 pm
- Forum: Employment Forum
- Topic: Easy way to get a job.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 999
Re: Easy way to get a job.
Your right on the $$.... And some of them are comming from MFC.... Graduates from this training have been immediately hired after an intensive 12-month course and are now flying jet transport aircraft for a number of airlines around the world. :roll: those are chinese with a 35 years training bond :...
- Mon Sep 29, 2008 2:30 pm
- Forum: Employment Forum
- Topic: A, B , C or D....TOO INstruct or NOT TOO INSTRUCT..hmmmm???
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1720
A, B , C or D....TOO INstruct or NOT TOO INSTRUCT..hmmmm???
Hello everyone! Once again, i require the wisdom of the experts who have lived it, smelt it, and breathed it. Upon completion of your Commercial, Multi, IFR (1).... Do the boys suggest...... A) Apply for a regional (ie. PE air, Provincial ,etc etc)... Work the ramp/dispatch for a year.... and wait f...
- Mon Sep 29, 2008 2:14 pm
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: A, B , C or D....TOO INstruct or NOT TOO INSTRUCT..hmmmm???
- Replies: 2
- Views: 490
A, B , C or D....TOO INstruct or NOT TOO INSTRUCT..hmmmm???
Hello everyone! ;) Once again, i require the wisdom of the experts who have lived it, smelt it, and breathed it. Upon completion of your Commercial, Multi, IFR (1).... Do the boys suggest...... A) Apply for a regional (ie. PE air, Provincial ,etc etc)... Work the ramp/dispatch for a year.... and wai...
- Mon Sep 29, 2008 1:46 pm
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: 200 Hours or 400 hours....????
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1147
Re: 200 Hours or 400 hours....????
Thankyou, Thats the thing... After 2 years of flying , I will prob have the 1500 hours for the ATPL... so the question is... do i pay an extra 6000$ to get the integrated ICPL.... as opposed to the CPL.... but for that extra 6000$ , I have an ATPL written completed and frozen, which is automatically...
- Sat Sep 27, 2008 11:54 am
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: 200 Hours or 400 hours....????
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1147
Re: 200 Hours or 400 hours....????
Yeah, i totally get what you guys are saying. I'd say im preety good for studying, I graduated Summa cum laude with a bachelor of arts, from Saint MArys university. Is my degree even goona make a difference??? I got it (the degree) to apply for the Canadian Air force as a pilot(thats literally the o...
- Sat Sep 27, 2008 11:44 am
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: Frozen ATPL....WOrth IT???
- Replies: 30
- Views: 11261
Re: Frozen ATPL....WOrth IT???
Great point!! .... How long are you only getting payed $20,000 for?? how long does it take to actually move to the next pay level? what is pay if you go ramp, then F/o?....whats the ramp pay for the year? and then after the 20K, whats the next level? Yes PEair does not pay well however. 20K is all s...
- Sat Sep 27, 2008 10:03 am
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: 200 Hours or 400 hours....????
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1147
Re: 200 Hours or 400 hours....????
Yeah, thats what i was worried about if i only did 200 hours of ground school in the mod course(as compared to the 400 hrs in the integrated).... That i would end up shelling out a bunch more money for private lessons/briefings from an instructor because i wouldnt understand a lot of the stuff that ...
- Sat Sep 27, 2008 9:22 am
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: Frozen ATPL....WOrth IT???
- Replies: 30
- Views: 11261
Re: Frozen ATPL....WOrth IT???
ohhh, damnnn.... So how long did you have to ramp for with PE air before getting into F/O position?? and how much do you generally make when ramping?? and do they not pay you well, when you start flying?? Cheers ;) Nope, I was a ramp rat. But making no money and ramping to pay for trainnig and make ...
- Fri Sep 26, 2008 9:10 pm
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: 200 Hours or 400 hours....????
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1147
Re: 200 Hours or 400 hours....????
Thankyou.... really
AuxBatOn wrote:Take my opinion for what it's worth... A company won't ask you "How many ground school hours do you have?"