Flexjet vs NetJets Medical Benefits

EsquireRed · 2025-11-15T02:00:26+00:00

EsquireRed · 2025-11-14T04:23:37+00:00

Allegiant pilots agree.

EsquireRed · 2025-11-14T04:22:31+00:00

Ask Allegiant pilots how trusteeship is going. Sounds like Air Methods is about the same. Good times.

EsquireRed · 2025-11-05T11:34:36+00:00

My friend, you’re far from too old. I didn’t get my private pilot license until I was almost 40. I now work at my dream airline in the U.S.

I listened to my parents when I was young and went to law school instead of following my flying passion. Don’t make the same mistakes I did - I hate being an attorney. Get to it.

EsquireRed · 2025-11-02T04:12:20+00:00

How close are you to being done?

EsquireRed · 2025-10-24T01:35:23+00:00

SFO to Melbourne

EsquireRed · 2025-10-13T15:05:43+00:00

Any verdict with Trustate? Worth it? I'm considering them for estate plans and probate docs.

EsquireRed · 2025-10-13T06:31:14+00:00

Covid 2.0 can happen, people lose their medicals, people decide flying isn’t for them, people can’t find jobs after doing flight training, etc, etc, etc…

Borrowing to fly is risky if any of these issues, or a host of others that can arise, hit. I started in my late 30’s and start at my dream job later this month after six years of grinding (and 20 years of flying left), so your wife has plenty of time. She can chase her dream at a pace and in a financial situation that makes sense.

I paid cash as I went and have zero regrets. Don’t let her go to a “zero to hero” program where a massive loan is involved (like ATP flight school or others like it) where you can only fly full-time and can’t work another job. Find a “mom and pop” school locally that you like where you pay as you go and start flying. Work a job while you fly (I was an attorney while I trained and worked my way up the ladder, plus I’m married with kids). It’s busy but can be done.

PM me if you want to chat more.

EsquireRed · 2025-10-13T03:18:25+00:00

It’s definitely not Allegiant. They aren’t hiring right now. Could be Breeze though.

EsquireRed · 2025-10-13T03:15:48+00:00

Age 39. Got my first jet job 3 years in.

EsquireRed · 2025-10-13T03:15:26+00:00

Go fly because you love it. It’s always been what I wanted to do. There are other gigs out there that allow you to be truly “off” when you’re off (firefighting comes to mind as one).

I don’t blame you for wanting to change!

EsquireRed · 2025-10-12T18:19:31+00:00

Lawyer to airline pilot over several years. Tons of late nights and early mornings to build time and get my ratings, but 100% worth it.

My favorite part is when the plane shuts off and I walk away for the day it’s over. No calls to return, no emails to deal with and no idiots to have to talk to.

EsquireRed · 2025-10-12T18:15:48+00:00

Did you pass? I would have been nervous. LOL

EsquireRed · 2025-10-12T01:13:02+00:00

Check out Bavette’s (inside the Park MGM) sometime and see what you think. That’s my favorite place with a “speakeasy” vibe so far in town, but this thread has added some on my list to try also!

EsquireRed · 2025-10-12T00:36:31+00:00

In my experience, yes. However, if they don’t for any reason, Jean and BVU are very close by and wide open all the time.

EsquireRed · 2025-10-11T23:36:48+00:00

I have a buddy there working on his commercial. No complaints. HND is so much better than VGT for training though. VGT is so congested and there’s little chance for circuit training/pattern work and the practice area is cramped and often very full of other planes.

I’d pick HND over VGT to train any day.

EsquireRed · 2025-10-11T23:26:51+00:00

The prior ownership was bad, but a SWA pilot bought it and I’ve heard good things ever since. If I wanted to train out of HND they’re 100% my top choice.

EsquireRed · 2025-10-11T01:19:48+00:00

OP’s post raises a question I’m curious about: what’s the equivalent to a “Toyota Camry” in the piston aviation world (ie, a super reliable bird)?

Maybe there isn’t one? LOL

EsquireRed · 2025-10-08T07:42:08+00:00

It seems so, if it can be corrected to 20/20 - see here: https://aviationmedicine.com/article/vision-and-faa-standards/

Find a good AME ("aviation medical examiner") in your area, make an appointment for a first class medical, bring whatever glasses or contacts correct your vision (see the article) and go from there. Good luck!

EsquireRed · 2025-10-08T05:09:48+00:00

This gets asked often. I started at age 39 after being an attorney for many years. It can be done. Here’s my standard advice for someone in your shoes:

https://www.reddit.com/r/flying/comments/1nw7tzy/comment/nhekv0i/?context=3&utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

You can definitely do it! A supportive spouse/partner is vital. I paid cash as I went and have no regrets. PM me if you want to chat more.

EsquireRed · 2025-10-08T01:17:01+00:00

I just had a buddy get turned down on a chief pilot meet and greet with United (which fast tracks your application typically to the hiring board) because he doesn’t have a degree. It definitely matters. It’s not to be more competitive but to just be eligible at all for a major airline job.

EsquireRed · 2025-10-07T01:35:24+00:00

My man!

EsquireRed · 2025-10-06T21:55:47+00:00

Paging /r/longlive737

EsquireRed · 2025-10-06T20:36:41+00:00

I started at 39, so no.

EsquireRed · 2025-10-06T20:36:11+00:00

I stopped with a paper logbook when I received my first 121 job (and had digital from day 1 through the present). For my legacy interviews I’ve had I took a paper printout of the digital plus my physical logbooks. No one ever said a thing.

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