A little blog about my career goals...
As I mentioned previously, I will be a Sheridan graduate with a Business Marketing Diploma after this coming April!
My long term career goal is not to be a sales representative or a marketing department manager but it is to be an airline pilot. This is something I have wanted since I was a child and during my first year at Sheridan, I realized that I needed to chase my dreams and it was actually very possible. If anyone knows anything about learning to fly airplanes, they know that it is extremely expensive to do! I had two routes out of high school to pursue my passion in flight. One was to go to college for an aviation and flight degree OR join the Canadian Forces OR learn to fly independently through flight schools at local airports.
In high school I was not an A+ student and unfortunately, that is required to be accepted into a post-secondary program or to join the Forces. I was left with two options: (1) go back to high school and complete 6+ required courses consisting of calculus and vectors, advanced functions, university chemistry, university physics and a few others to earn a spot in very competitive aviation programs at various colleges. These programs set you up for getting a job as a flight instructor within 4 years of starting their program. Option (2) was to learn to fly at flight school at a particular airport and expect to be training for up to 10 years (depending on how much I can afford at any given season).
So, why earn a business diploma? Well, I plan to earn all my training funds for flight from obtaining a job with my diploma. Unless I were to be blessed by a winning lottery ticket, this is the only realistic route to my dream career. I am expecting to be at international airline standards in 8 years from today and will have a minimum 1000 hours in the air and will likely have spent up to $50,000 for my training. It is a long and tedious road but it will be worth every minute and every penny!
I am currently within 30 days of completing my first* pilot license, which is very exciting! What an extraordinary experience it has been so far!!
If this subject intrigues you guys, I will blog all about it this semester! I can answer questions, comments and share some cool things about my flying lessons and experiences.
On YouTube, I have a channel for all my flight videos (if you want to get a visual perspective on learning to fly airplanes)
Search: AviationSpot (exactly as it is spelled here) ENJOY!!
I really enjoy everything about aviation, so if you happen to be an aviation dork like me, leave me some comments!!
When I travelled a lot for work, I was obsessed with planes and how they worked. One time I sat beside a pilot and I talked his ear off for 4 hrs about the ins and outs of the planes.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with turning your dream into reality! I'm sure you'll soar :)
Sounds like you really know what you want to do with your life. Goodluck in the future.
ReplyDeleteI think it would be really cool to visit different places all around the world- though I dont think I would be able to fly a plane.
Being a pilot is alot of work and takes a great deal of dedication. I too was once obsessed with planes and becoming a pilot, but as i grew older the obsession fade, but one day i hope i will be able to experience flying a plane. goodluck in becoming a pilot
ReplyDeleteI can relate. I've loved airplanes every since I was a child, and then through high school it faded because it seemed like that ridiculous dream job that is one in a million.
DeleteThen finally I woke up and decided to put everything I can into this and gamble to get the one job in this world that I would truly be content with regardless of my salary!
One day you will learn to fly and make a hobby out of it on small aircraft! It is tons of fun!
WOw i can relate because I always want to be in the field of aviation, and I actually applied for Air Traffic Controller this past summer and gave the online test but unfortunately I wasn't successful but definately will re try after one year. and hope to pass. and by the way do you have any knowledge about the field of Air Traffic Controller like I'd love to get your ideas. because my first step of the exam was 2 exams a personality test & aptitude test which i wasn't successful in i don't know which tests i wasn't successful in but they just said i wasn't successful.
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