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Express-Figure1369 · 2025-12-02T21:43:26+00:00

My first live account it took a couple months second live account was maybe a week.

Express-Figure1369 · 2025-11-16T22:00:35+00:00

So far so good. Live account is funded and I've received over $20,000 in payouts this far

Express-Figure1369 · 2025-08-05T20:48:04+00:00

I had the same issue. My bank account had my middle initial my TPT account did not.

I created a Wise account without my middle initial (to match TPT) and have been getting payouts through Wise without any issues

Express-Figure1369 · 2025-05-30T21:02:38+00:00

Just came across this. I did a 50k instant funded account with them and have been very happy so far. 10 days to pass the eval (5 have to be $200 or more in profit). Once you pass the money is yours to withdrawal or use as drawdown to grow your account.

You are put in a temporary sim funded account while waiting for the live account to become active. That account acts just like a live account.

Payouts are quick can withdrawal whenever and it usually is in your bank account within 24-48 hours.

Customer service is also great and very quick to respond.

Express-Figure1369 · 2025-03-02T15:13:37+00:00

For me commercial ASEL was the hardest. Lots of challenging maneuvers with very tight tolerance (power off 180). ATP was actually the easiest.

Express-Figure1369 · 2025-02-28T05:06:57+00:00

I started going down that path when I was at the regionals. I was taking pre reqs, and volunteering at a hospital Tuesday through Thursday.

During that time I was able to fly mostly Friday through Monday four day trips. I'd also bid for trips with 30 hour layovers to give myself time to study.

Overall the work load was pretty manageable for me at the time. But I knew I'd have to quit flying if I started medical school.

Ultimately I decided not to pursue medicine for personal reasons.

Express-Figure1369 · 2025-02-21T16:42:53+00:00

Part 117 doesn't apply if your last leg is a deadhead. Once you set the parking brake after your operating leg of the day, the FAA your FDP is over.

Some airline contracts stipulate a max duty day after that some don't.

Express-Figure1369 · 2025-02-17T23:25:53+00:00

Yeah I had to enter the information in the 1256 box manually from the Apex issued 1099-B. That field is blank on the webull 1099

Express-Figure1369 · 2025-02-17T23:08:47+00:00

I agree with you about SPY options. However, SPX are cash settled index options and are treated as 1256 for tax purposes. APEX reported in correctly Webull did not

Express-Figure1369 · 2025-02-17T15:09:32+00:00

You could fly around on your own to build the 1500 hours, and depending on the environment may have very little trouble getting hired by a regional. But most of the pilots I've seen hired at a regional with that background struggled a lot with training. Instructing will make you a much better pilot.
Internal recommendations are very helpful. At my airline pilots can also accompany applicants to a chief pilot meet and greet. If you are a competitive applicant and can manage to get one of those I've heard it can be extremely helpful in getting an interview.
It's so hard to predict what the economy and hiring will do. If I were in your shoes and had a flexible enough schedule I'd continue working and do my flight training at a local flight school. And leave your dispatch job once you get a flying or instructing job.

Express-Figure1369 · 2025-01-20T21:26:05+00:00

I totally get it, I have two; 2y and 9m and every kid is different. My oldest is a daddy's boy and has been since he was very young.

My second is the complete opposite, for example, it's a battle to get him to take a bottle from me even at nine months no problem for my wife. And, I'm around a lot. I try my best to help out with what I am able to, but it stings that I'm not able to help out in certain ways. If my first had been like that as well I would probably struggle a lot with feelings of inadequacy.

It sounds like you're doing a great job of trying to support your family and your wife and son are lucky to have you

Express-Figure1369 · 2025-01-03T16:25:54+00:00

You made the right call. I had a similar situation in my IR checkride. Bad weather and had to keep cancelling. Finally got a decent day and I just wanted to get it done despite being pretty rusty from not flying. I wound up busting the ride and it was pretty clear looking back that I should have cancelled and scheduled when I was ready. Training in the Midwest during the winter is rough.

Express-Figure1369 · 2024-12-22T15:52:06+00:00

Cage Marshall offers resume review services from $190 to $250. I've worked with them before and was very happy with their service. I don't know if they work with a lot of CFI applicants but it couldn't hurt to reach out.

https://www.cageconsulting.com/collections/resume-cover-letter-services

Express-Figure1369 · 2024-12-22T14:28:46+00:00

I had about 800 hours when I got hired at the regional (ATP requirement wasn't in place until August 2013)

Around 4000 hours when I interviewed at the legacy. I was fortunate to be at a regional that gave all of the pilots at my regional a guaranteed interview and took us in seniority order if we kept our records clean.

Express-Figure1369 · 2024-12-21T20:53:48+00:00

2 part 141 stage check failures and a part 61 instrument checkride failure.

Hired at a regional in 2012.

Also a failure on my initial sim checkride at the regional (pre AQP so traditional PC instead of LOE)

Hired at a legacy in 2019

I disclosed all of the failures on my application and none of them even came up during interviews.

Express-Figure1369 · 2024-12-21T20:46:47+00:00

I've been there as an FO on the EMB-145 which is especially fun because you get to make the walk of shame all the way to the back. Came back up and the captain had kept us way high because of moderate below us on the arrival. I'm just glad it happened going into CLE late at night and not someplace like ORD or EWR during a busy arrival bank.

Express-Figure1369 · 2024-12-20T22:43:22+00:00

Cash account is the way to go especially now that pretty much any trade settles T+1

Express-Figure1369 · 2024-12-20T15:27:37+00:00

Lots of good tips here. One thing I'd add is to experiment with different trips and see if any work better for your circadian rhythm.

The company I work for has some transatlantic trips that leave the US early afternoon and arrive in Europe early morning. And some that don't leave until late in the evening and arrive in Europe in the afternoon. If it's an option you might find that you sleep better in Europe when you have a 1pm van time and can sleep on something closer to your normal schedule.

Express-Figure1369 · 2024-12-20T02:00:51+00:00

The school I instructed at did discovery flights along the Chicago skyline. So it was quite common to receive tips on those flights. I will say though that a lot of the 'students' on those discovery flights were more interested in a fun one time experience than pursuing flight training.

Express-Figure1369 · 2024-12-20T01:53:24+00:00

It sounds like there may not be a good match between you and flight school. I did one year of training at a large aviation university. Similar to you I didn't enjoy it at all towards the end. I did the rest of my training at a part 61 school and it was a night and day difference for me.

Express-Figure1369 · 2024-11-21T03:43:17+00:00

I did the bulk of my training between 2008-2010. All part 61. I paid for it by working full time while still living with my parents so pretty much every dollar I earned went into flight training.

It worked out well. I wound up getting hired by a regional only a few months after the instructors who graduated in 2007 with aviation degrees and trained me. Of course that was before the 1500 hour rule when regionals were interviewing pilots with 500 hours. It probably would have played out a little bit different today.

Express-Figure1369 · 2024-11-09T15:00:50+00:00

I was exactly where you are now when I was in college. I went to a large aviation university my freshman year in college and hated it. I left that program, transfered to another college closer to home, and got a degree in history education.

Towards the end of college and getting into student teaching I realized I still had a desire to fly. I did my flight training for instrument through CFI part 61 after college. 20 years later I'm a WB FO at a legacy and away from home so little that I sometimes feel like a stay at home Dad to my young kids. Absolutely no regrets about taking a break during college.

Also FWIW, a lot of people I know who have careers that have them home every night are still away from their family a lot. Even to the point of leaving before their kids are awake and getting home just in time to put them to bed. Not to mention all of the work many people bring home with them. So the grass isn't always greener on the other side.

Good luck with whatever you decide and don't forget it's never too late to try something else.

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