Well, another change!!! 2 things happened actually....
I've been busy trying to find work as a PM down in the US as we lived there for 5 years previously, and we're gonna move back there whether I end up with a flying job or not.
So just after my first flight, it looked like I had an offer coming with a company back down in Houston (where we used to live). I closed down my account with the flight school (which I'd just opened) as I figured I may as well simply restart with an school down in Houston.... As you can guess though, the offer fell through!
In the week and a half between closing my flying school account and the job offer falling through though, I received the bill for the 1st flight... not including the $40 landing fee for the international airport the club flies out of, the bill for 1.5 hours on the Hobbs and .5 hour pre/post flight with the instructor, came out to $355 with tax!!! Absolutely bloody crazy!
SO my wife has said that if I hold on the flying until I get a job as a PM down in the US, then I can buy a plane right away and use it for my training, as this would be cheaper than these kind of costs... can you get a private rating in a turbo Lance, or would I need to buy a Warrior or Arrow to start?
Anyway, the wife has decided that she'd like to fly too, and although she is willing to let me take a year off to fly regionals, she's pretty much convinced me that with the kinda $$'s I make in my PM career, as well at this later age (45 in 2 weeks :-) that I'll never come close to ever reaching the same $$'s thru flying, as well as having 4 young kids that may want to know their dad as they grow up and who'll probably want to go to college, that I kinda think now I'm going to stick to flying privately, but get my CFI ticket and just teach part-time as my input to the flight community! AS long as I'm flying, thats the main thing!
So if anyone knows of any opps for an IT PM in their company, or who knows someone else who does, please feel free to ping me.. the sooner I get back to the US, the sooner I can get started on this dream!
Cheers.