Hey Folks,
so I have a confession, I am neither a pilot nor am I American....I'm from Canada but I stumbled upon this forum and kindda jumped at it. I am just hoping to be able to learn as much as possible from you folks who have a lot more experience in the trade than me.
I have been on other forums in the past where I have asked questions and had some members have gotten angry and accused me of trying to "use the cover of the internet to make myself pass for a real pilot", so I just wanna make it clear from the get go that this has never been and will never be my intention. I apologize ahead of time if I say something stupid I am here to learn, so please correct me if I do and be aware that I am not trying to pretend to be something I am not.
Other than that, I have loved airplanes since I was 8 years old and to this day I feel like a child when I board one. I am a bit weird in the sense that I do not complain about long flights, just give me a window seat and I will stare out of that for hours...Or until the flight attendant asks me to close mine
. Becoming a pilot was once my career goal but unfortunately that didn't work out. I can get into more details if you would like but for now that's enough about me.
I Would like to know,
1) Why did you become a pilot?
2) What do you like and what do you dislike about your job (Or just about your trade if you are a private pilot)?
3) What was flight school like? How much studying was involved?
4) Is there a reason the medical requirements for a commercial license are so stringent? I have seen some pilots say that some of them are unreasonable, do you agree or disagree?
5) Would you recommend that an enthusiast like myself go out and get their private pilot license or does the high cost make it not worth it?
6) Anything else you think a newbie like me should know?
I'd love to hear from you guys
cheers
so I have a confession, I am neither a pilot nor am I American....I'm from Canada but I stumbled upon this forum and kindda jumped at it. I am just hoping to be able to learn as much as possible from you folks who have a lot more experience in the trade than me.
I have been on other forums in the past where I have asked questions and had some members have gotten angry and accused me of trying to "use the cover of the internet to make myself pass for a real pilot", so I just wanna make it clear from the get go that this has never been and will never be my intention. I apologize ahead of time if I say something stupid I am here to learn, so please correct me if I do and be aware that I am not trying to pretend to be something I am not.
Other than that, I have loved airplanes since I was 8 years old and to this day I feel like a child when I board one. I am a bit weird in the sense that I do not complain about long flights, just give me a window seat and I will stare out of that for hours...Or until the flight attendant asks me to close mine
I Would like to know,
1) Why did you become a pilot?
2) What do you like and what do you dislike about your job (Or just about your trade if you are a private pilot)?
3) What was flight school like? How much studying was involved?
4) Is there a reason the medical requirements for a commercial license are so stringent? I have seen some pilots say that some of them are unreasonable, do you agree or disagree?
5) Would you recommend that an enthusiast like myself go out and get their private pilot license or does the high cost make it not worth it?
6) Anything else you think a newbie like me should know?
I'd love to hear from you guys
cheers