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sorrygottarunway · November 17th, 2003, 09:22

duuude you are so right... Same thing happened to me. I've finished my PPL and am halfway through the IFR when I realized, I don't know any pilots except for the flightsimmers on flightsimnetwork forums. What the heck good does THAT place do me? When I looked at my "setup" I found that I was spending too much time on the flightsim stuff and not enough time at the airport.

The next day I went to my FBO and asked for a job on the weekends. Now I know all of the instructors, the staff, and have met a few charter pilots coming in and out, and have gotten a nice discount on rentals/instruction.

Never sell any pilot-connection short. Even the geeky 16 year old student pilots should be on the list- they'll probably be a copilot someday!

November 17th, 2003, 09:22	#3
sorrygottarunway Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: DXR, Connecticut Posts: 1,177	Re: My networking lesson duuude you are so right... Same thing happened to me. I've finished my PPL and am halfway through the IFR when I realized, I don't know any pilots except for the flightsimmers on flightsimnetwork forums. What the heck good does THAT place do me? When I looked at my "setup" I found that I was spending too much time on the flightsim stuff and not enough time at the airport. The next day I went to my FBO and asked for a job on the weekends. Now I know all of the instructors, the staff, and have met a few charter pilots coming in and out, and have gotten a nice discount on rentals/instruction. Never sell any pilot-connection short. Even the geeky 16 year old student pilots should be on the list- they'll probably be a copilot someday!