Just closed the book, wondering how the hell I'm supposed to get up tomorrow at 7am. Well technically it's today, so that makes me feel even better.
Only 2nd day of ground school and things started to get loaded: endless reading homework. Seems like we are rushing through the books, an average of 40 reading pages/day, that's a lot to cover! Analog Instrument failures, IDI (Integrated Display Instrumentation), gyros, gimbals, you name it.
[The pic below shows the panel of an aircraft that has IDI]
Good thing that after ground school we get to sit together and study with tutors, these are students that are almost becoming instructors so they teach you a lot, and for free :) That's also the fun time, for the jokes and and some social interruptions too, why not?
Today I also met Raviv, an israeli instructor, they say one of the bests in school. Nice guy, +1000 hours, we had a little chat, talked about a distant future back in Israel at El-Al... good to know we have some hommies here too!
1:30, bet time.
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So where did you come up with well over 250,000 shekels for this course from? And do you honestly think you can pay this back as a pilot flying for the regionals getting paid $22K the first year or being an LY pilot making tops 45,000 shekels a month before tax?
I'm an LY pilot, just asking your justification if any or there may be no need (rich):-)
Anywhoo good luck and keep up the stories.
Well, first of all the place I'm studying is not well above 250,000 shekels, that would be around 150,000 shekels. If you have a new car and you sell it - there is the money you need. You could also get a loan and pay in 10 years. Second, if I would do the same in Israel that would cost me at least 500,000 shekels, and at least 4 years. Third, yes I do believe getting paid back even as an instructor, the first year in this school you can get paid $18K! 2 years instructing and you got more than the money back. And Fourth, I do believe that if I am good enough, and pull the right strings, I could get a job back in Israel at Arkia, Israir or even LY why not? It's not something for everyone, but there are people that can do it and actually succeed. It depends on how much you want it, and how good you are in what you do.
And besides, isn't it to fulfill the dream?
To have the career most can dream about?
I, at my current profession (Hi-Tech) can probably make much more money by staying in it, but wouldn't it just be a shame to just let go of a life fantasy?
I believe that for most pilots it's not (only) for the money.
100% with you :)
Don't get me wrong. I salute all of you who join us us, that is why I decided to do it and I fly as the 737 now and I love it and would not give it up for anything...
I was just wondering what made you give up whatever you had to in order to go back down to the bottom of the poll just inorder to climb back up and may I say it is and can be a very hard way back up.
But I still think that you have a great dream and I think you should go for it if that is what you want 100% and you can see your self flying a high-tech bus for the next 30+ years.
although I doubt the realism of your text and I sense in it some sort of not very objective direction, I will sum my answer to this: YES, WE CAN.
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