My aviation dreams started with ultralights. I never actually flew one, I was just trying to figure out a way to get into the air. I was all ready to do the gyro copter thing too but the more research I did on these things the less practical (and more dangerous) it seemed. Somewhere in all this research I found jetcareers and learned that I could actually make a career out flying. I don't have any family that flies and at the time I didn't know a single person that even had a private pilots license. Now, I have a pretty good group of guys I fly with that really have a passion. I worked at a fairly large flight school for a little while and was a little turned off by the atmosphere.
I was thinking about flying a lot more than I was thinking "airline pilot". People need to ask themselves why they are doing what they are doing. Motivations seem to be a pretty good gauge of the satisfaction one will get out of the job. I have a few friends that took 9-5 jobs out of college purely so they could make money. When that didn't happen and they realized they were working 60-80 hour weeks for 40 grand the disappointment set in.
I am gonna start skydiving this next month. I wonder how many else on this site are into skydiving? There are a few airline/corporate guys at the local dz. Certainly cheaper than flying, but again not quite as practical.
-Jason
www.flyboulder.com
Forums is hard work! You guys do a great job. I really appreciate it!
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