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September 13th, 2007, 17:24
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| Newbie  Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Venice, FL
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|  Hello from New Student Pilot Hello Everyone, My name is Tyler I am 17 and a senior in High School. I am currently trainning for my PPL in Venice,FL. I have about 18 hours currently. My dream is to have a career in aviaition as a commercial/airline pilot someday. I luckily found Jetcareers awhile back, and have learned a great deal from the site. Now that I am in my senior year of High School, I have begun thinking about what I need to do, and how I will go about setting myself up for a career in aviation. I know that there are alot of knowledgeable, experienced people on this forum and I look foward to hearing your advice. This being my first post, I just wanted to say hello and thanks in advance for any help! |
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September 13th, 2007, 19:42
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Everywhere
Posts: 1,108
| Re: Hello from New Student Pilot Welcome aboard!!!
__________________ Paid to wait.... Fly for fun! |
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September 13th, 2007, 21:18
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: In a place warmer than State College.. for now.
Posts: 883
 | Re: Hello from New Student Pilot Hey Tyler, I fly into VNC on about a bi Monthly basis, maybe I'll catch ya there someday  |
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September 14th, 2007, 10:45
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: CFI / CFII in PA
Posts: 2,571
| Re: Hello from New Student Pilot are you planning on going to a aviation college? |
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September 14th, 2007, 10:54
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| Junior Member  Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Austin
Posts: 80
| Re: Hello from New Student Pilot Welcome! Great information can be found here. |
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September 14th, 2007, 14:31
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Trollbane
Posts: 1,464
  | Re: Hello from New Student Pilot Welcome, this is a great place. Stay in school, get a college degree, fly when you can, get a good experience and one day you'll be ready to rock and roll
__________________ Private pilot, instrument Embry-Riddle Alumnus USN Active http://forums.jetcareers.com/changin...nfessions.html |
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September 14th, 2007, 20:01
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| Newbie Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Venice, FL
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| Re: Hello from New Student Pilot Thanks for the welcome everyone. To answer Moxiepilot's question, yes I am considering going to an aviation college. Being from Florida, my natural inclination would be to think of ERAU. However, from what I have read on this forum ERAU is not what it is cracked up to be, especially in the $$ aspect. None the less, I have applied there and plan on going to visit them next week. Like I said, from what I read on here I am kinda expecting to be unimpressed. I do think it would be alot cheaper to just go to a state school, and do my flight training at an FBO. Addtionally, I was thinking about the military route also. Doing ROTC, most likely Air Force throughout college. And trying to nab a flying spot. If any of you could give me some advice I would appreciate it. Thanks again! |
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September 14th, 2007, 22:20
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: SoCal
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| Re: Hello from New Student Pilot Welcome, man! I started flying in my senior year in High School too. I had plans to go to college, but just fell in love with flying so much that I went straight to ATP (flight school). I don't really regret it cause I got everything done right away and it was at least $15k cheaper when I did it (4 yrs ago). I still haven't gotten my degree and I think I missed out on the whole college experience too... but anyway, you have a great plan... State school, fly as much as you can out of an FBO, and have a blast throughout those four years.... I also considered ROTC when I took some college classes, but I never had much time for it... It seems like a great idea if ya wanna do military flying, but I couldn't see myself signing up for a 10yr contract to fly for them... Anyway, good luck with it all... PM me if you have any questions....
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September 17th, 2007, 02:53
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| Junior Member  Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: next to you...look do you see me?
Posts: 76
| Re: Hello from New Student Pilot Greetings and salutations. You will really appreciate the knowledge this place has to offer.
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September 19th, 2007, 11:09
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| Newbie  Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: cincinnati, ohio
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| Re: Hello from New Student Pilot Welcome. If you are thinking about the ROTC route think about the Marine Corps. they have a program called PLC-Aviation. Good program. take a look and let me know if sounds interesting. jbail |
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September 19th, 2007, 11:10
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Gretna, LA
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| Re: Hello from New Student Pilot Hi!  Welcome to JC. |
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September 19th, 2007, 12:09
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| Sr. Aviation Medical Examiner  Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Phoenix, AZ
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| Re: Hello from New Student Pilot Ask Doug his opinion. He is an ERAU graduate and I think would support the college route. One thing about college - they can never take the degree away if for some reason you cannot fly. Keep your options open. Quote:
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