Core Electives

[Ais90]

In advance sorry if I posted this in the wrong place. Anyways I'm going to college for aviation starting next year and I have to choose between:
1.Instructor Rating
2.Float Rating
3.Iatra

Since I'm new to this whole thing anyone have any suggestions of which one would be the bestt to take?

Thanks.

[airfoilmod]

Ais90, why limit yourself? All I can offer is what would appeal most to me.

Float, (Float Instructor) A Sea rating in Canada? What a joy!!

Airfoil

[+TSRA]

IATRA is just an exam that you can EASILY study for outside of school for the cost of the books only.... exnay on that one.

Float Rating - If you plan to go anywhere in Canada you will almost certainly come across a time where it will do you well. Indeed you limit yourself by close to 70% of the available jobs to a newbe without a float rating.

Instructor Rating - I never used mine, but it is worth doing just for the information about flying. I learned more about flying in that 30 hours then I ever did reading the books. It is also the easiest way into a flying job. It is also the lowest paying of all the jobs.

If I had to do it all over again, I would go floats and work the ramp for a year rather than doing the instructors rating, pissing about for three years because I could not afford to be an instructor and then working the ramp for a year... :)

good luck and have fun!