Wife To Begin Flight School!!

[Aloha717200]

My wife got her second discovery flight last night, with a different instructor this time. But even this new instructor was impressed with her abilities at the controls, perfectly cool and calm just like the first time. We spent a few hours chatting with this guy and my wife who just one year ago held not even the slightest interest in aircraft, now has decided to obtain financing and go for her PPL!!

I'm very proud of her! She says she could see herself flying for a major and loving the job. As recently as one month ago my wife looked up in the sky at a passing aircraft and said to me "I don't think I could ever be a pilot, too much stress."

Now here we are and she's gotten two tastes of being PIC, and she's most assuredly been bitten by the aviation bug. She put all her online college plans on hold, she's switching her degree interest to aviation, and hopefully this year will begin her first official flight lessons.


It's kinda ironic, I was the aviation nut since I was 5 yrs old and this girl beat me to the cockpit! I love it.


This might kick-start my own flight lessons as well. I'm gonna try hard to get re-evaluated and hopefully overturn the asperger's diagnosis, and if I'm successful I might just be able to fly myself after all. Wish us luck!

[mrivc211]

That all sounds great. I too am going to teach my girlfriend how to fly this summer and can't wait. Just be carefull with putting college plans on hold. I have been flying professionally for over 4 years now, progressed very fast, which is a rarity in this job, and just the other night I went to an info session for an MBA program at UC Irvine. I got my undergrad from UC Irvine, and I am just scared to death about losing my job when I'm 40, with bills and a family. In other words, don't put all your eggs in one basket.
I've recently been looking into becoming involved with airport operations. Theres a job at my local airport as asst GM with a pension and full health bennies, that pays $110-140K. From there I would be able to move up to Airport Manager at another airport, and a place like Socal, thats a $250-350/yr job. Not bad for a 9-5. But, I can't do it without the MBA!

[Aloha717200]

Originally Posted by mrivc211

That all sounds great. I too am going to teach my girlfriend how to fly this summer and can't wait. Just be carefull with putting college plans on hold. I have been flying professionally for over 4 years now, progressed very fast, which is a rarity in this job, and just the other night I went to an info session for an MBA program at UC Irvine. I got my undergrad from UC Irvine, and I am just scared to death about losing my job when I'm 40, with bills and a family. In other words, don't put all your eggs in one basket.
I've recently been looking into becoming involved with airport operations. Theres a job at my local airport as asst GM with a pension and full health bennies, that pays $110-140K. From there I would be able to move up to Airport Manager at another airport, and a place like Socal, thats a $250-350/yr job. Not bad for a 9-5. But, I can't do it without the MBA!

My wife's original plan was to get a degree in hospital administration. She is dropping that idea and instead changing her preferred degree to something in aviation. Possibly still a management role, but she's still looking.

Her minor was, and still is in education, but she has yet to decide on a school yet.

Sorry for not clarifying that well enough. But yes, aviation is unstable and around every 10 years we see massive layoffs, so we know to keep a backup plan in case. My backup is in the hotel industry, where I currently work, and I can always fall back on that in rough times.

[Airport7]

Originally Posted by mrivc211

That all sounds great. I too am going to teach my girlfriend how to fly this summer and can't wait. Just be carefull with putting college plans on hold. I have been flying professionally for over 4 years now, progressed very fast, which is a rarity in this job, and just the other night I went to an info session for an MBA program at UC Irvine. I got my undergrad from UC Irvine, and I am just scared to death about losing my job when I'm 40, with bills and a family. In other words, don't put all your eggs in one basket.
I've recently been looking into becoming involved with airport operations. Theres a job at my local airport as asst GM with a pension and full health bennies, that pays $110-140K. From there I would be able to move up to Airport Manager at another airport, and a place like Socal, thats a $250-350/yr job. Not bad for a 9-5. But, I can't do it without the MBA!

Just curious Omar, where are you getting those numbers? I worked airport ops and was an airport manager here in socal before taking an FAA job, and I don't know anyone who makes anything even close to that (I sure didn't).

We met awhile back when I was ramping at SkyWest, you showed me around the brasilia and gave me some advice about a flying career. If you're interested in airports, let me know and maybe I can return the favor.