I'm getting tired of picking around the edges, and I think I'll get old before I can really get off the ground on a professional level at this rate.
So... I'm going over to Central tomorrow to look into the Utah Valley program they offer, a Bachelor's degree in Aviation Science, with an ATP rating at the end.
During the course of this thing, I'm hoping to get my paws on a light sport airplane I can use to pad my logbook a little (hey, the 801 is years in the future right now),
but I'm going to have to finance this thing if I'm going to get 'in' with enough time left to save for a halfway decent retirement.
If I'm *real* lucky... there are quite a few corporate flight departments at this airport, who like to hire local talent, especially when they have maintenance experience.
Hope for the best, prepare for the worst... at the very least, I may be able to fly cancelled checks with Flight Express for a while.
I guess I'll subscribe to Flight Training, and peruse all the pertinent web info, and I've already bought the Sporty's Private DVD ground course, which I hope will put me ahead of
the game, as I'll have time to complete it before starting my actual schoolin'.
Advice? Suggestions? I know it's scary, and noob pilots don't get paid squat, but I can't figure out anything else I really wanna do when I grow up. I've been on a really crooked and
convoluted road all my life, doing everything but flying... all the time wanting to get in the air. I guess I've been scared of it, almost.
There's only the one thing I want to do with my life, and I've always wanted to do it. The idea of failure scares the crap out of me, and I think I've let it get the best of me
all these years. Kinda like a Kamikaze career choice.