Recent content by Thunderforce90

yeah me personally I'm on team anti degree, in the sense that degree requirements for a field that shouldn't in theory require one are dumb, especially for aviation. To me it just seems like an unnecessary obstacle that causes people like me who may not have any desire at all to pursue a degree...

What would be some good things to do to make yourself stand out in the application process if I were to not pursue a 4 year degree. more hours greater than atp minimums? more type ratings? things of that nature? would even an associates degree be of any notable help? since its technically better...

So regarding medical stuff, the only question is my eyesight. I have amblyopia in my right eye which actually disqualifies me from flying for the military specifically, which was gonna be my original plan. it does not however disqualify me from getting a 1st class medical allegedly, I just need...

Right now I actually have about 26k in the bank just from being a relatively aggressive saver for the last few years. My plan was to just save up until my target date, and do training all in one go without any big breaks due to financial constraints. The whole “get a degree as a backup”...

So for some context, I’m a 20yo aspiring pilot who is not currently in college, and I was thinking about if this dream of mine is even gonna be possible anymore without a college degree. I work full time right now, and based on my current income I project to be able to pay for flight school...

I live in the PNW region of the US and I’m 20, right now I work full time in the fire life safety industry as a fire alarm inspector, never been in college, no run ins with the law, no questionable health concerns other than amblyopia in my right eye. As for the last thing, myself and my family...

The 3 main ones I would want to pursue would be cargo pilot, airline pilot, and/or corporate pilot.

So the only medical concern that I have is that I have amblyopia in my right eye, It is physically uncorrectable to 20/20, however my left eye is 20/20 correctable. Based on what I’ve read around the internet, lazy eye isn’t an instant disqualification for a 1st class medical, but it’s a bit of...

I’ve had a passion for the topic of aviation in general for around 7-8 years now, generally in the form of many hours spent playing aviation related games, a TON of pictures taken across various aviation museums around the country I’ve visited, watching documentaries, reading books, etc...