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December 16th, 2007, 11:15
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| Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Baltimore MD
Posts: 117
|  Coming back after 4 years. I had my commercial/instrument rating with around 300 hours with two jobs that I had a good chance of getting. I was also working on my CFI at the time. Well, to make a long story short, the jobs fell through, and I was broke and needed a full time job. I slowly drifted away from flying and I haven't been up in 4 years now. Now I am married with a baby and working as an EMT on a critical care ambulance. I dont enjoy my job at all. My wife is really getting sick of me complaining about my job and says that I MUST go back for my CFI so that Ill finally shut up. Wahoo!! Ive got one lesson set up for next week, and Ill go back full time later in the spring. The only thing that Im worried about is that I have forgotten to much. I cracked my commercial and cfi books last night and it was very frustrating, it was all greek. I cant seem to find any of my PPL books. Does anyone have any recommendations for good entry level flying books, Im looking at some of the FAA manuals. Does it sound feasible for someone who hasn't touched an airplane in 4 years to go get their CFI in 6-9 months?
__________________ "Its hard to soar with eagles when your flying with turkeys" American Airlines crew chief. |
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December 16th, 2007, 11:25
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: South of the Border
Posts: 1,748
| Re: Coming back after 4 years. yes. it is possible in probably 4 months. get one of the dvd groundschools or something to review
__________________ CFI, CFII, MEI -Why is it when two planes almost hit each other it is called a near miss? Shouldn't it be called a near hit? |
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December 16th, 2007, 11:33
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 2,593
| Re: Coming back after 4 years. Quote:
That is a good position to be in. Supporting wife, and the incentive of personally getting back to a job that you actually enjoy. Quote:
Most of the other handbooks are available somewhere on the faa site. I just happened to have this one bookmarked. Quote:
I'd also recommend to get your proficiency back in the aircraft. If you can afford it now, fly about once a week just to get the thrill of it brewing again. At the same time, start studying for the written tests and making lesson plans. It'll help once you start going for the certificate. You shouldn't need it, but have fun!
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