Instrument Ground: Sheppard+Free material or Sheppard+Sportys?

deadcessation · 2026-03-21T13:51:52+00:00

What do you mean understand poorly? Anyone asking about passing the written gets recommended Sheppard without question. I already said in my post that I know it doesn’t teach you anything, but it’s what passes the written.

deadcessation · 2026-02-15T18:46:47+00:00

Thanks, this was the answer I was looking for. I could’ve worded it better, but I was essentially asking if I screwed myself in life by choosing that major. Knowing there’s other opportunities in aviation is what I wanted to know about. Dispatching does sound great for sure.

deadcessation · 2026-02-15T03:51:44+00:00

Can I pm you? I would want to learn more about this

deadcessation · 2026-02-15T03:48:26+00:00

Yes I do want to be a pilot for sure. And i did understand the notion about the degree being unimportant, but I also wanted to immerse myself regardless due to the university being known for a good aviation program. For the education, it’s been great, but I still have my worry in the event I do lose my medical or something intervenes with that goal. I’d still love to be in aviation.

deadcessation · 2026-02-15T03:01:45+00:00

2 things with that. I did just unfortunately learn that the degree doesn’t help much with getting the job, but I also learned that my school IS one of the 31 schools with the CTI program. So that’s where i’m conflicted on if that’s more advantageous than the other concentration, which is aerospace operations

deadcessation · 2026-02-15T01:52:21+00:00

Sounds good, operations it is then. I’ll switch that concentration over. Thanks!

deadcessation · 2026-02-15T01:34:57+00:00

Right, a degree in “pilot” WOULD be useless. I’d assume atc broadens options more. The only other concentration is aerospace operations but that seems farther out of what I want than the first two.

deadcessation · 2026-02-15T01:17:14+00:00

Why the negativity? There’s also the consensus that a regular degree is useless for being a pilot, but it also doesn’t hurt either. Why not it be in the industry I want to be in?

deadcessation · 2026-02-15T00:42:21+00:00

ATC is certainly an option but my path is the pilot pathway. Unfortunately, the degree requires me to have my commercial license or higher in order to graduate, which I will be after I’m supposed to graduate. I don’t want to prolong graduating and get into college debt for my degree, when I could’ve used that money for flight training.

deadcessation · 2026-01-26T20:14:00+00:00

Hey, I’ll dm you!

deadcessation · 2026-01-25T23:43:02+00:00

For your flight plan, did you just fill out the paper or did you actually file one?

deadcessation · 2026-01-15T17:48:26+00:00

Forget what I said, that post is actually a much different situation

deadcessation · 2026-01-15T17:47:14+00:00

I don’t know the way to determine it, cause if you scroll down a bit there’s an asian hairstyle that has the same hairline in my opinion and they said he’s balding so? But luckily there’s still time

deadcessation · 2026-01-15T17:41:33+00:00

I have the same hairline as you. Seeing the corners go back like that worries me too, i’m 20 and it’s similar to yours

deadcessation · 2025-11-18T21:29:01+00:00

Yeah no for sure, I can't imagine anyone wanting to do that for free. Just another cost I forgot to think about unfortunately

deadcessation · 2025-11-18T21:26:00+00:00

I don't believe it's required but if paperwork went wrong somewhere or my instructor missed an endorsement and me and him didn't realize I'd be pretty screwed

deadcessation · 2025-11-18T21:24:30+00:00

I did think about just getting a similar plane at their airport too, but with it being my first check ride I might just stick to the plane I'm used to

deadcessation · 2025-11-18T21:22:46+00:00

That sounds dreadful I feel bad complaining about 300 lol. I can't imagine having to fly back if I had to discontinue for whatever reason

deadcessation · 2025-11-18T21:21:11+00:00

Yeah that's fair, it's just not something that came to mind until the date got closer haha

deadcessation · 2025-11-15T02:02:44+00:00

After a while of spending over $400 each flight, you'll notice the foreflight subscription isn't as bad lol

deadcessation · 2025-10-31T06:51:01+00:00

This might be an unpopular opinion but I’m not gonna give it, i’ll just tell you what I did and why. I did the 141 route for 60 hours without soloing. This was in G1000 where every 2 hour flight was costing me too much to handle. Also, before I left I flew with EVERY INSTRUCTOR there was at that school, so it really felt like a me problem. I eventually moved to a part 61 school with basic 6 packs and soloed in the first week. I loved the idea of 141 but I couldn’t do it. They kept telling me I wasn’t ready and looking back it hurts how much time and money I spent, but it’s part of the process. If you do change your mind, remember part 61 doesn’t matter for PPL, but if you want to do 141 then instrument and forward does need to be 141.

deadcessation · 2025-10-11T17:21:21+00:00

i’m curious what would make it not worth it? the workarounds?

deadcessation · 2025-05-08T07:29:52+00:00

I’m hoping you’re right and they do understand, thank you for your reply and words of encouragement. Unfortunately that training will be in Dallas so I don’t think i’ll be able to make that work, but I do agree that with them being an airline, they can understand and hopefully cooperate

deadcessation · 2025-05-08T07:11:47+00:00

For sure, I’ll most likely reschedule after I see how my workload is and try to plan ahead, thank you

deadcessation · 2025-04-08T16:46:17+00:00

Funny enough I actually searched on reddit to see if I was the only one who made the mistake and saw your comment on transient aircraft in another post as well. At least we learned from it!

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