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How hard is it to become a pilot? What will it cost?

I want to do something cool with my life.
Floppy skinny woman
  05/28/16
most flame out and do short charter flights to nowhere. you ...
curious market candlestick maker
  05/28/16
You either need to enter the military or go to pilot schools...
onyx hell feces
  05/28/16
A friend is going through airline training and says that the...
Floppy skinny woman
  05/28/16
And he will be poor as shit
Marvelous partner stage
  05/28/16
WTF are you talking about. 100,000 per year is not "poo...
Floppy skinny woman
  05/28/16
lol, tyft. He isn't going to make anything close to that. N...
Marvelous partner stage
  05/28/16
Well, you have me there. Does he get to eat airplane food ...
Floppy skinny woman
  05/28/16
If that Denzel Washington movie is to be believed he can at ...
Marvelous partner stage
  05/28/16
He'll almost certainly have to start at a shithole regional ...
irate garrison gunner
  05/28/16
becoming a pilot in US is insanely stupid, just do asia or b...
soul-stirring cowardly office
  05/28/16
just do country where you have no friends, family, or langua...
Pearly laughsome shitlib pervert
  05/28/16
this is true, there's a global pilot shortage, all the boome...
soul-stirring cowardly office
  05/28/16
These are the bare minimum requirements, akin to saying &quo...
primrose filthy old irish cottage roommate
  05/28/16


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Date: May 28th, 2016 6:25 PM
Author: Floppy skinny woman

I want to do something cool with my life.

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Date: May 28th, 2016 6:37 PM
Author: curious market candlestick maker

most flame out and do short charter flights to nowhere. you won't make it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3236802&forum_id=2#30578047)



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Date: May 28th, 2016 6:38 PM
Author: onyx hell feces

You either need to enter the military or go to pilot schools. Most pilots make like 18k a year and have no hope of paying off school debt.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3236802&forum_id=2#30578058)



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Date: May 28th, 2016 6:41 PM
Author: Floppy skinny woman

A friend is going through airline training and says that there are fewer applicants than positions open, so he is basically guaranteed a job for the major airline that is training him.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3236802&forum_id=2#30578081)



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Date: May 28th, 2016 6:42 PM
Author: Marvelous partner stage

And he will be poor as shit

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3236802&forum_id=2#30578086)



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Date: May 28th, 2016 6:46 PM
Author: Floppy skinny woman

WTF are you talking about. 100,000 per year is not "poor as shit."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3236802&forum_id=2#30578114)



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Date: May 28th, 2016 6:47 PM
Author: Marvelous partner stage

lol, tyft. He isn't going to make anything close to that. Not for a long long time, if ever.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3236802&forum_id=2#30578122)



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Date: May 28th, 2016 6:49 PM
Author: Floppy skinny woman

Well, you have me there.

Does he get to eat airplane food for free?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3236802&forum_id=2#30578134)



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Date: May 28th, 2016 6:51 PM
Author: Marvelous partner stage

If that Denzel Washington movie is to be believed he can at least cop free vodka while he flies.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3236802&forum_id=2#30578148)



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Date: May 28th, 2016 6:43 PM
Author: irate garrison gunner

He'll almost certainly have to start at a shithole regional like Skywest before he goes to a major carrier. Those jobs are plentiful and have a high washout rate because of thr way union seniority works. They can prevent you from working over the bare minimum hours in your contract if someone more senior wants to fly more hours.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3236802&forum_id=2#30578091)



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Date: May 28th, 2016 6:44 PM
Author: soul-stirring cowardly office

becoming a pilot in US is insanely stupid, just do asia or brazil or something, pilot shortages everywhere and i think the pay in asia is acctually fairer than in US, cost of living is low

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3236802&forum_id=2#30578099)



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Date: May 28th, 2016 6:54 PM
Author: Pearly laughsome shitlib pervert

just do country where you have no friends, family, or language skills

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3236802&forum_id=2#30578170)



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Date: May 28th, 2016 6:43 PM
Author: soul-stirring cowardly office

this is true, there's a global pilot shortage, all the boomers are retiring with their fat pensions and the airlines are replacing them with 15k a year piles of feces

SE asia is like desperate for pilots.. i was gonna look into this but u have to spend a lot of time in shit flyin school, paying out of pockcet, studying all sorts of shit ull never need since its 99% autopilot

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3236802&forum_id=2#30578094)



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Date: May 28th, 2016 6:48 PM
Author: primrose filthy old irish cottage roommate

These are the bare minimum requirements, akin to saying "you need to graduate from an ABA-approved law school to become a federal prosecutor."

To make the jump from the regionals to the nationals (or even better, FedEx), you frankly need 3 of the following: (1) twice the minimum flight hours; (2) a family connection (aviation is more connections-based than you'd guess); (3) to be a woman or minority; and (4) to have flown prestigious equipment in the military (F-18 for the navy, I dunno for the airforce).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3236802&forum_id=2#30578128)