We ALL were created with certain desires!!! I could spot a plane in the sky and point it out in seconds, BEFORE I could even talk! It is one of the first things my mother wrote about in my baby book! However, I never knew anyone in aviation, my parents never attempted to help me get any information, so I did what most people do. I asked where can I get the best paycheck? BIGGEST mistake of my life...chasing a paycheck is not the way to live! Librarians don’t make a lot of money, Paramedics who pick you up in an ambulance and save lives every day do NOT make a lot of money (it makes first your fo pay seem ok). Yet there are scores of people who wouldn’t give those jobs up for anything!
Finally at 40 y/o I have decided to make the switch and enter the aviation field! I'm about a month away.
My suggestion to you is this...FINISH SCHOOL!!!! While you’re young go after your dream! Don’t just choose an FA spot because it's IN and airplane! If you wanna be an FA, great! If you wanna be a pilot then do that! Here in San antonio we have a police helicopter unit. After 5 years of patrol service you can apply to switch over to Helo detail and they PAY for your training. point is there are tons of career choices in the aviation field. Do some research while you’re finishing up school and narrow down what
YOUR career choice is going to be!!!!
