Professional Pilot USA vs EU
Look I’m not trying to be the bad guy here but something like this takes a lot of careful planning. Probably takes a year to get everything lined up.
Short list of schools, contact schools, find one, something goes wrong, find another school, contact former students for review and references, contact immigration attorney, what are the options if you want to switch schools, apply for the visa and secure financing yadayadayada.
This all takes a lot of time.
Trust me when is say I have a lot of experience with this, like 10+ years.
Short list of schools, contact schools, find one, something goes wrong, find another school, contact former students for review and references, contact immigration attorney, what are the options if you want to switch schools, apply for the visa and secure financing yadayadayada.
This all takes a lot of time.
Trust me when is say I have a lot of experience with this, like 10+ years.
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Look I’m not trying to be the bad guy here but something like this takes a lot of careful planning. Probably takes a year to get everything lined up.
Short list of schools, contact schools, find one, something goes wrong, find another school, contact former students for review and references, contact immigration attorney, what are the options if you want to switch schools, apply for the visa and secure financing yadayadayada.
This all takes a lot of time.
Trust me when is say I have a lot of experience with this, like 10+ years.
Short list of schools, contact schools, find one, something goes wrong, find another school, contact former students for review and references, contact immigration attorney, what are the options if you want to switch schools, apply for the visa and secure financing yadayadayada.
This all takes a lot of time.
Trust me when is say I have a lot of experience with this, like 10+ years.
Fortunately you have the luxury of being young and having choices:
1. Try Lufthansa Flight Academy, should you not pass the assessments,
2. F1/J1 Flight training in the US and working ( as an instructor ) till you have your ATP (2-2.5 years)
3. Back to Europe for EASA conversions (6-9 months)
4. Look for jobs worldwide with both EASA and FAA certificates.
5. In 12-15 years with 7-9000 hrs turbojet and PIC time back to the US ( should you so desire) for another 20-25 year career with one of the Major airlines.
Those are some very good prospects.
Thats a plan A,B,C and D
1. Try Lufthansa Flight Academy, should you not pass the assessments,
2. F1/J1 Flight training in the US and working ( as an instructor ) till you have your ATP (2-2.5 years)
3. Back to Europe for EASA conversions (6-9 months)
4. Look for jobs worldwide with both EASA and FAA certificates.
5. In 12-15 years with 7-9000 hrs turbojet and PIC time back to the US ( should you so desire) for another 20-25 year career with one of the Major airlines.
Those are some very good prospects.
Thats a plan A,B,C and D
If you have the opportunity then absolutely go fly outside of the US.
You make it sound like it’s easy to get hired at FedEx. It’s probably one of the most difficult to get into in the US.
You would need 1500hrs TT to get hired by a Regional which means starting a career in Europe would give you a jumpstart.
You make it sound like it’s easy to get hired at FedEx. It’s probably one of the most difficult to get into in the US.
You would need 1500hrs TT to get hired by a Regional which means starting a career in Europe would give you a jumpstart.
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Thanks for your response B2N2. I meant that FDX/CGN would have been a great career goal for me. One of the first things I learned about the profession is that FDX and UPS are one of the most sought after positions. Is there anything you can start doing early on to increase your chances?
Since you’re still on the path to getting any sort of a pilot’s license, from personal experience, a University 141 school can be a really good option. Fairly high rigor, a regimented curriculum, and, generally a fairly deep instructor pool. Stand-alone 141s can be a lot sketchier. In either situations the stage checks are a great, no real jeopardy way, to figure out if you’re missing something, or just aren’t cutting the mustard.
Look closely at what the school flies, and take it into consideration.
I learned at the University of Illinois back in the 80’s, and really got my moneys worth (they flew beech sport 180’s as trainers back then which was comparable with local private instructors in terms of cost). I live in proximity to WMU which flies Cirrus aircraft with a quoted rate plus instructor of upwards of $300/hr. Many of the students defect while still in school to get their Private certificate from a local examiner, in a 150 or 172 simply due to cost.
Indiana state University might be worth a look, they fly almost exclusively diamonds, and I think a Saratoga for single commercial as well as a DA-60 for multi work. They seem to know what they’re doing…
Look closely at what the school flies, and take it into consideration.
I learned at the University of Illinois back in the 80’s, and really got my moneys worth (they flew beech sport 180’s as trainers back then which was comparable with local private instructors in terms of cost). I live in proximity to WMU which flies Cirrus aircraft with a quoted rate plus instructor of upwards of $300/hr. Many of the students defect while still in school to get their Private certificate from a local examiner, in a 150 or 172 simply due to cost.
Indiana state University might be worth a look, they fly almost exclusively diamonds, and I think a Saratoga for single commercial as well as a DA-60 for multi work. They seem to know what they’re doing…
