NJP_MAN
Pattern Altitude
Sorry for grammatical and spelling errors. (Mobile)
the style of LDJ I wanted to make a thread that follows along in my corporate career. Hopefully I can give some information that somebody can find useful. Even though I haven't always dreamt of flying corporate or flying at all for that matter, I thought I would borrow the name.
Brief background.
I didn't always want to fly. I was one of those people who though only the military was training pilots. This is probably only because I grew up in a place where nobody would have ever thought to become a pilot.
I worked for a company contracting to General Electric providing services during scheduled power outages. We did industrial hygiene kinds of duties right at the power generators. This line of work keeps you busy in the spring and fall (lowest power usage times of the year) so during a summer off I started working at a coporate hangar in Arizona. This was the first time I really saw people flight training and I decided I was going all in.
At 28 or 29 I started flight train many do. A discovery flight and some tough choices led me to going to a guy off Craigs list for the lessons. I decided to go all in and stopped doing the contracting work and focused on flight training and worked in Arizona. Over the course of 2.5 years I went from zero time to CFI (except MEL) paying cash as I went.
I did a very brief time flight instructing and then was pick up to fly C208s at a VFR 135 operation. After about 7 months and 400 Hrs I decided to add on MEL and see what I couldn't get involved with. After a short time I was offered a spot in AZ flying a P180, which I rolled into a deal where I was also going to fly a CE525(M2).
I have recently started the 61.55 for a operator flying CE560XL. And once I finish that I have been approved to do the same in a F2TH EX EASy 2.
I just wanted to make a thread showing people that there are some really cool paths to take in an aviation career. My disclaimer is that I don't particularly like flying planes. I like providing a service to a customer and having a lot of fun along the way. I like going to destinations and exploring the places I wouldn't otherwise ever visit. I dont care about flight time and whether something is log-able. If I make a log in the deposit column in my check book then thats all the logging I care about. I dont plan on going to an airline down the road unless I get a crazy urge to see what 121 is all about. Right now I'm happy with how things look and that's what counts I guess.
the style of LDJ I wanted to make a thread that follows along in my corporate career. Hopefully I can give some information that somebody can find useful. Even though I haven't always dreamt of flying corporate or flying at all for that matter, I thought I would borrow the name.
Brief background.
I didn't always want to fly. I was one of those people who though only the military was training pilots. This is probably only because I grew up in a place where nobody would have ever thought to become a pilot.
I worked for a company contracting to General Electric providing services during scheduled power outages. We did industrial hygiene kinds of duties right at the power generators. This line of work keeps you busy in the spring and fall (lowest power usage times of the year) so during a summer off I started working at a coporate hangar in Arizona. This was the first time I really saw people flight training and I decided I was going all in.
At 28 or 29 I started flight train many do. A discovery flight and some tough choices led me to going to a guy off Craigs list for the lessons. I decided to go all in and stopped doing the contracting work and focused on flight training and worked in Arizona. Over the course of 2.5 years I went from zero time to CFI (except MEL) paying cash as I went.
I did a very brief time flight instructing and then was pick up to fly C208s at a VFR 135 operation. After about 7 months and 400 Hrs I decided to add on MEL and see what I couldn't get involved with. After a short time I was offered a spot in AZ flying a P180, which I rolled into a deal where I was also going to fly a CE525(M2).
I have recently started the 61.55 for a operator flying CE560XL. And once I finish that I have been approved to do the same in a F2TH EX EASy 2.
I just wanted to make a thread showing people that there are some really cool paths to take in an aviation career. My disclaimer is that I don't particularly like flying planes. I like providing a service to a customer and having a lot of fun along the way. I like going to destinations and exploring the places I wouldn't otherwise ever visit. I dont care about flight time and whether something is log-able. If I make a log in the deposit column in my check book then thats all the logging I care about. I dont plan on going to an airline down the road unless I get a crazy urge to see what 121 is all about. Right now I'm happy with how things look and that's what counts I guess.