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re: 17yo son is wanting to become a pilot. Looking for recommendations on local(Mandeville) fs
Posted on 11/14/23 at 5:00 pm to 777Tiger
Posted on 11/14/23 at 5:00 pm to 777Tiger
Just found this thread…my 16 yr old is looking at the same thing and we’ve been considering different routes. Aviation schools, military, etc.
We have a ANG base here in Cola, SC. Also, my FIL was a PP so he’s flown quite a bit and is comfortable. Hell, I’ve even thought about going for my license now too.
What would you suggest as the best approach (pun intended) for going the Guard route? Get his PPL first? Start college and then try to get in? Do I need to start calling my State Rep now?
He’s also 6’3 and 215 so I don’t know if he could fit in a fighter….
TIA.
We have a ANG base here in Cola, SC. Also, my FIL was a PP so he’s flown quite a bit and is comfortable. Hell, I’ve even thought about going for my license now too.
What would you suggest as the best approach (pun intended) for going the Guard route? Get his PPL first? Start college and then try to get in? Do I need to start calling my State Rep now?
He’s also 6’3 and 215 so I don’t know if he could fit in a fighter….
TIA.
This post was edited on 11/14/23 at 5:03 pm
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Posted on 11/14/23 at 5:17 pm to SquatchDawg
if you have the means to get his college without enlisting I would suggest that you get him into college, have him start taking flying lessons and get a couple of ratings, and pester guard units all over the place, let them fight over him, I just got a friend of mine’s son recommended for pilot training slot in the SC air guard (F-16) he enlisted and is a junior at the Citadel so he’s going straight to training as soon as he gets his sheepskin
Posted on 11/14/23 at 5:26 pm to SquatchDawg
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Just found this thread…my 16 yr old is looking at the same thing and we’ve been considering different routes. Aviation schools, military, etc.
We have a ANG base here in Cola, SC. Also, my FIL was a PP so he’s flown quite a bit and is comfortable. Hell, I’ve even thought about going for my license now too.
What would you suggest as the best approach (pun intended) for going the Guard route? Get his PPL first? Start college and then try to get in? Do I need to start calling my State Rep now?
He’s also 6’3 and 215 so I don’t know if he could fit in a fighter….
TIA.
If he's a good student, mature and dedicated, look into a Service Academy.
If that's not an option look into a ROTC program (AF preferably).
If that's not an option, contact an Air Guard Recruiter (they don't work hard or much, so keep trying). It looks like that's a fighter unit near you. I'd have him look at being a crew chief, he'd get face time with flight crew and once he graduates college, he could lean on that when interviewing for a pilot spot in the unit. I'm 6'3 too and deployed with an A10 unit in 2016, they had a pilot that towered over me (in height and girth), I estimate he was 6'6. I don't know if he had a waiver or what (or folks just looked the other way which happens more than you'd expect).
This post was edited on 11/14/23 at 5:28 pm
Posted on 11/14/23 at 5:29 pm to 777Tiger
Thanks! Any major/curriculum that will help his cause or does it matter? We don’t have any juice in the industry so he’s going to have to do it the hard way.
Posted on 11/14/23 at 5:32 pm to SquatchDawg
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does it matter?
no, just a four year degree
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he’s going to have to do it the hard way.
nothing wrong with that, guard units love to see young people eager and hungry, best of luck
ETA: I will say that now that I'm at the end of my career, a lot of opportunities are available to me because of my degree(engineering,) but by by no means is that a prerequisite
This post was edited on 11/14/23 at 5:40 pm
Posted on 11/14/23 at 5:35 pm to GrammarKnotsi
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the least believable part of all of this is that you are in your late 50s/early 60s
you've got a very weird hard on for something
Posted on 11/14/23 at 7:17 pm to SquatchDawg
STEM degree would be best, but not necessary.
This post was edited on 11/14/23 at 9:30 pm
Posted on 11/14/23 at 7:27 pm to 777Tiger
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I think these aviation curriculums slow down your progression and drive up your costs, there's not enough scholastics to stretch out a commercial/instrument/multi over four years
Agreed. My son completed all but his private at L3Harris (LINK /) Orlando area. Federal student loans are also available.
Posted on 11/14/23 at 7:37 pm to tiggerthetooth
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AI will be the new pilots. All drone automated.
I am a GA pilot. And you are dead right. Becoming a pilot now is foolish. There will be zero human pilots in 25 years. Planes can fly themselves just fine. And they can land themselves now. Ordinary planes that are being produced right now and sold to schmucks like me have a pushbutton that, if pressed, will cause the plane to find a nearby precision approach and land itself.
Posted on 11/14/23 at 8:31 pm to VolunGator
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Agreed. My son completed all but his private at L3Harris (LINK /) Orlando area. Federal student loans are also available.
How old was he when he started the program and what is he doing now?
I'm thinking the aviation school may be a better route for our son. Will be a large chunk of $, but I am not sure if the service route is right for him if his heart is not in that route.
Posted on 11/14/23 at 8:54 pm to Penrod
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I am a GA pilot.
you should be setting the bar higher
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There will be zero human pilots in 25 years.
maybe, at least for freighters, can you believe how much money you could make in 25 years in the big leagues?
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schmucks like me have a pushbutton that, if pressed, will cause the plane to find a nearby precision approach and land itself.
not too familiar with bug smashers but that's not how it works in my world
Posted on 11/15/23 at 1:09 pm to 777Tiger
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not too familiar with bug smashers but that's not how it works in my world
It’s coming. Your avionics are always behind our “bug smashers”.
Posted on 11/15/23 at 1:13 pm to tigertail34
Somebody has to cut the pulpwood before he can pile it. You gonna cut the pulpwood so he can pile it???
Jerry Clower was a funny son of a bitch....
Jerry Clower was a funny son of a bitch....
Posted on 11/19/23 at 7:22 pm to tigertail34
I just thought to check this message. Sorry for disconnect.
He's currently instructing in Nashville to build hours. It took him just under 1.5 years from instrument through CFII.
He's currently instructing in Nashville to build hours. It took him just under 1.5 years from instrument through CFII.
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