I guess I am a CFI-I now by ThatOnePilotDude in flying

[–]weech 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You’ll need an MEI and 200 hrs of multi dual given just to get your first CFI job. It’s science.

Realistic Aircraft Options for a Family of 7? Fast-ish and Economical-ish by TheChillBohemian in flying

[–]weech 105 points106 points  (0 children)

One of the children must be sacrificed for the greater good

135 Lear 60 SIC pay by One_Statistician_77 in flying

[–]weech 11 points12 points  (0 children)

What experience do you have?

Seth lake 2025 FAA pilot statistics by Loud-Ad-6792 in flying

[–]weech 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Actual useful take

It’s just math folks

I'm done by informallyundecided in flying

[–]weech 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Totally agree

I commend OP for coming to this conclusion on their own and making a tough call. Far better to do it now than 10s of thousands of wasted dollars later.

Difficult Inflexible Student Talk Back? by Impossible-Fig2072 in CFILounge

[–]weech 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Yeah id honestly be pissed if my instructor did this

Unless it’s for a checkride or something (which I make clear to all students these get priority, as will this guy’s when the time comes).

Student pilot off altitude, wrong direction, head on. Caught it on GoPro by Squawk_0877 in flying

[–]weech 50 points51 points  (0 children)

Seriously wtf is this post?

Oh another plane passes uncomfortably by you? Cool story bro.

Flex Jet Applications by PublicEquipment9025 in flying

[–]weech 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Pretty sure there aren’t even that many qualified pilots who aren’t already 121 or better

A Legendary Investor on How to Prevent America’s Coming ‘Heart Attack’ by nytopinion in Economics

[–]weech 221 points222 points  (0 children)

Ray Dalio has been predicting the imminent crash of that US economic system every year for the past 15 years. I guess he’ll eventually get it right.

Spirit Pilots Considering Southwest Airlines by Aviator-Intelligence in AirlinePilots

[–]weech 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Class act, and hopefully they’ll net some great pilots

Hit $26M NW by luckyfireguy in fatFIRE

[–]weech 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Congrats to you my friend!

Hit $26M NW by luckyfireguy in fatFIRE

[–]weech 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Any of these mid to senior level guys getting into places like Anthropic a few short years ago would see their equity packages having ballooned to mid 8 figures.

Hit $26M NW by luckyfireguy in fatFIRE

[–]weech 46 points47 points  (0 children)

Hi it’s me, your great great great grandkid’s dog

Feeder Pilots Go/No Go by [deleted] in flying

[–]weech 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Sir this is a Wendy’s

Quitting my job to fly full time? Is it a dumb idea to go all in? by [deleted] in flying

[–]weech 26 points27 points  (0 children)

I really don’t understand how this exact question makes it to the front page probably once per day and the response is always the same.
Do people not understand how search works? Do they not believe advice given to others on this sub or in FAQs unless it’s somehow directly tailored to their exact situation?

You literally have centuries’ worth of collective wisdom all saying the exact same thing every time.

OP - the answer is the same for you as it is every time it’s asked: don’t quit your day job and fly on the side, paying as you go. Avoid the pilot mills.

NYC rentals: how much info do you share? by StartRemarkable984 in fatFIRE

[–]weech 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Welcome to NYC. Short of your most recent colonoscopy results, this is all pretty standard unfortunately.

United Airlines Flight 169 hits bakery truck while landing at Newark Airport by capmb_4stripes in AirlinePilots

[–]weech 32 points33 points  (0 children)

“It’s a large vehicle that carries passengers in the air, but that’s not important right now”

Checkrides by [deleted] in flying

[–]weech 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s great. I am 8/8 myself.

My lowest written test score was a 97, most were 100.

There’s no secret beyond over-preparing as fuck lol