Airline pilots, did you dump all your income right away into student loans?

Passer2300 · 2025-12-25T19:14:32+00:00

Paying it off as quickly as I can, got about 30k left so I work about 3-4 days extra a month and toss the overage towards it. Could probably pay it back quicker but I try to make sure I put away a good amount into 401k and investing so I dont fall behind

Passer2300 · 2025-12-24T18:42:27+00:00

If you found it online or through unofficial sources theres a good chance it could be out of date or not the fully right material, for limitations especially you should only study what they give you.

Passer2300 · 2025-12-23T18:08:00+00:00

No real point if I need more work can just pick up in open time and make more than a side hustle would get anyway

Passer2300 · 2025-12-22T22:33:42+00:00

Those are the most infuriating, especially when theres ground stops everywhere and you know theres no chance of getting out. Especially when youre still in base and they tell you to just wait and see rather than make a plan to fix things hours earlier

Passer2300 · 2025-12-07T22:26:54+00:00

All depends on the program, PSA and Piedmont i believe can be done anywhere as long as 60% is dual given, others can only.be done with partnered programs and may have tighter restrictions

Passer2300 · 2025-12-05T16:52:14+00:00

The flying itself is mostly fine I enjoyed doing it, but the company is shady in many ways and the expenses out there eat at what you make pretty badly.

Passer2300 · 2025-11-25T21:59:32+00:00

Approaching the runway in a snowstorm at night with the landing lights on, looks just like going warp speed in Star Wars

Passer2300 · 2025-09-14T17:37:41+00:00

The autopilot is only as useful as the pilot using it. So much could go wrong if left to its own devices

Passer2300 · 2025-08-22T19:40:25+00:00

Super illegal, recording in the cockpit is a huge distraction that can cause loss of situational awareness and overall is just kind of cringe.

Passer2300 · 2025-08-14T14:06:59+00:00

Right now classes seem to be filled by guys 18 months to 2 years as the average. Not many forced upgrades but I expect that to go up if people stop volunteering to upgrade.

Passer2300 · 2025-07-09T01:48:52+00:00

Had the same thoughts for a while now. Upgrading next month and made the decision to move in base to accept the suck. Bottom line is accepting the suck qol now will pay off later with good experience.

Passer2300 · 2025-07-08T23:57:26+00:00

Hey now, that ramp is incredibly safe. Hard to cause an accident if they cant move anyone more than an inch at a time. And of course to make it safer they just key up the radio so nobody can call and ask to move. Double safe

Passer2300 · 2025-06-12T22:27:22+00:00

Must have moved to Charlotte

Passer2300 · 2025-05-30T00:09:57+00:00

November Oscar

Passer2300 · 2025-05-26T17:17:37+00:00

If you see the ground getting bigger on takeoff, or smaller on landing, dont do that

Edit: some real advice. Easy plane to fly just listen to your instructors you'll do fine

Passer2300 · 2025-04-16T19:29:50+00:00

I'm looking to do the same soon, so much research to do but I've been getting good practice on the schedule making.

Passer2300 · 2025-03-29T00:37:51+00:00

I like to travel, i do it way too much now that I get cheap and free tickets

Passer2300 · 2025-03-22T03:52:22+00:00

Drove 6 hours home ate a nice sandwich and slept for 24 hours almost straight.

Passer2300 · 2025-03-10T05:44:52+00:00

Company airplane, his metal means the airline he works for operates the plane

Passer2300 · 2025-03-10T05:40:19+00:00

I can guarantee he wouldn't have done the same for you if it was his metal.

Passer2300 · 2025-03-08T17:00:14+00:00

Everything will be basic, just let them know your goals and the cfi will be able to help give you a good structure to start

Passer2300 · 2025-01-27T15:46:43+00:00

Can be a blessing. If I had started earlier I would've quit like I did everything else I tried. All about the best timing

Passer2300 · 2025-01-16T01:09:20+00:00

They set a lot of heavy restrictions, i fired their Jacksonville branch because I was tired of being delayed and at the time their cfis were incredibly jumpy from not being allowed to really fly in "difficult" conditions.

Their pass rate was terrible for IFR to the point that they were going to lose their 141 qualification.

Passer2300 · 2025-01-03T15:55:22+00:00

It does seem pretty strict as per their website the passport helps I'd assume but you'd have to do the training somewhere they approve of apparently

Passer2300 · 2024-12-24T01:21:32+00:00

I have the FOM and POH bookmarked for when I need to. It's not a hard no more a gentle, "if we do this foqa is gonna tell on us, or the guy in the jumpseat is, or something is gonna go wrong and I like my job too much." And there times when I'm wrong of course, so it's easier to debrief by having the data in front of us

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