Change Job to Fly
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Fearless Tower
Touchdown! Greaser!
Yes. I left active duty a year ago to start a second career as a pilot.
No regrets so far.
No regrets so far.
labbadabba
Pattern Altitude
Not yet. Thinking of bailing on my day job to become a CFI...
spiderweb
Final Approach
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Ben
Exactly what I did.
Zeldman
Touchdown! Greaser!
I am thinking of quitting the flying job and take a job playing a piano.....
Clark1961
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Settle for towel boy. The tips are better.
Caramon13
Pattern Altitude
I would become a CFI first before bailing
. But I'm thinking of doing something similar for some extra cash nights and weekends. I couldn't live on a CFI salary with my current setup.Trick is to find that extra 5K to get it done.
denverpilot
Tied Down
Kinda. I went in to quit my job and do CFI stuff and they told me to stay part-time and log my hours.
I wouldn't say I planned it, but the move to the small company I'm currently at really made that possible. No way I could have swung that at the former employer, but I wasn't trying to. They'd have accepted the resignation and said "Have fun!"
That the whole thing has dragged on a full year was the surprise. We have a solid budget and it hasn't turned into a problem because of that, but it'll be nice to get finished and then decide what's next.
There's also zero guarantee they'll want me back to full time status, but that wouldn't be the end of the world for a budding CFI who needs some time to teach.
The role I have there is "Here's a messy project nobody else has time for that needs to be done. Can you do that this week?" And then I set my own hours and get it accomplished. So I can't complain. It's a pretty good setup for them and me. I think they'd like me back full time but we'll have that chat after two more checkrides.
I wouldn't say I planned it, but the move to the small company I'm currently at really made that possible. No way I could have swung that at the former employer, but I wasn't trying to. They'd have accepted the resignation and said "Have fun!"
That the whole thing has dragged on a full year was the surprise. We have a solid budget and it hasn't turned into a problem because of that, but it'll be nice to get finished and then decide what's next.
There's also zero guarantee they'll want me back to full time status, but that wouldn't be the end of the world for a budding CFI who needs some time to teach.
The role I have there is "Here's a messy project nobody else has time for that needs to be done. Can you do that this week?" And then I set my own hours and get it accomplished. So I can't complain. It's a pretty good setup for them and me. I think they'd like me back full time but we'll have that chat after two more checkrides.