So, it's been 6 years since the last time I've flown an aircraft as a pilot, a student pilot, in July 2017 I had my final checkride to get my CPL/IR. I got it, not knowing I was about to spend more than half a decade waiting to fly again.
Being 18 at the time it was very difficult, if not impossible, to get a job as a pilot even more so in Colombia. I guess "life got in the way" and I started working on other stuff, nothing as a professional, just anything that could give me enough money to live and pay for my daughter's school and food (I became a dad just 4 months before that checkride).
I tried going to the university and study something while I tried to save some money to pay for more flight training but it was impossible.
6 years later, and 90lbs heavier, I finally got to study Electronic Engineering and I'm earning a little bit more, at least to be able to save some to get into flight training again, granted I lose those nasty pounds that I gained through the years.
I kind of like what I work on now, but I feel that what I really want to do is work as a pilot, as I originally intended.
But well, now I have a goal, losing that weight and being back on training sometime next year, maybe get the Multi-Engine addition or, at least, get some proficiency training to be back in the air.
No particular point to this post, just wanted to share my story!
Hope everyone has an amazing week.
Being 18 at the time it was very difficult, if not impossible, to get a job as a pilot even more so in Colombia. I guess "life got in the way" and I started working on other stuff, nothing as a professional, just anything that could give me enough money to live and pay for my daughter's school and food (I became a dad just 4 months before that checkride).
I tried going to the university and study something while I tried to save some money to pay for more flight training but it was impossible.
6 years later, and 90lbs heavier, I finally got to study Electronic Engineering and I'm earning a little bit more, at least to be able to save some to get into flight training again, granted I lose those nasty pounds that I gained through the years.
I kind of like what I work on now, but I feel that what I really want to do is work as a pilot, as I originally intended.
But well, now I have a goal, losing that weight and being back on training sometime next year, maybe get the Multi-Engine addition or, at least, get some proficiency training to be back in the air.
No particular point to this post, just wanted to share my story!
Hope everyone has an amazing week.
