this is probably old, and annoying to keep hearing but damn that stomach drop feeling has me by the neck, I’ve had 2 flight hours, my instructor says I’m progressing well through the curriculum , but during take off today he pitched the nose up a little high and I lowkey freaked out, and we hit some rougher airs and I hated it, and whenever he shifts the controls fast I lowkey feel it a lot and get scared,

I already prepaid for my flight hours and they’re apart of my classes and the way my fin aid I can’t exit these classes now

we have stalls soon and I’m second guessing if this feeling will ever leave

any experience with this?

Hi all. I am looking for a bit of advice/reality check on wanting to start a career in aviation.

Im 32 and currently work in a job I enjoy (Motion Graphics), however the future is so uncertain in my industry with AI rolling through and clients increasingly reducing budgets and creating ads/content in AI etc. I have loved Aviation since I was a kid, I fly on vatsim whenever I get the time and love commercial airline flying and flying in general

This has led me to start pursuing a career in aviation. I have a pilot friend at airnz who has given me some advice and has said to 100% go for it and that pilots in New Zealand are in demand and since I made it so far through the airnz cadetship selection I must have qualities theyre after.

However I get stuck on pulling the trigger for it, and I must admit its because of the posts I read here as of late about how the industry job market is extremely tough right now which goes 100% against what I’ve heard from people in industry personally and also seen published in the media about a global pilot shortage especially in New Zealand.

If I do go ahead with it, my plan is:

Over 2027 self study the PPL and complete by eoy
Then in 2028 quit my current job and go full time study for my CPL & MEIR.

Once I am qualified I would then pay out of pocket for hours building to get me to that 500 hour mark, I don’t plan to go down the CFI route as I can freelance after I’ve finished studying to pay for hours.

The dream is to work for Airnz, and they accept applications from pilots with 500 hours for their turboprop fleet. I don’t expect to get straight in to working for airnz once I have the required hours, but thats the goal Im working towards.

Now looking for a reality check. If there are any Kiwi/Aussie pilots here that could offer some advice that’d be great. Im wondering if there is anything I should be aware of, have missed, or should know.

Hey guys, I am currently a freshmen attending a part 141 University (already have my PPL), my school has a cadet program with a couple different regionals and I wanted to see if you guys had any insight on knowing when to apply. The programs all say that you can apply as soon as you get your PPL and then if I’m reading correctly I would have another interview when I get my CFI. I just wanted to know if anyone knew if I should try and apply now or wait until I get my CFI or what approach I should take to this.

Hey y'all!

I am a student pilot who has had to stop training three times due to financial reasons. I'm about to run out of money again, but would much rather not. I apply for every scholarship that opens but so far have only received one $500 scholarship which did help me a decent amount. I love flying and very much do see it as my dream career and I love the part 61 school that I am currently with and my instructor. I currently live at home and would like to fly full-time and the only way for me to do that is to get a loan since you can't do that without money while working 60 hours a week at your day job.

Do creditors even offer loans for part 61 schools beside ATP? I have a decent enough credit score (720-770 depending on how Equifax / TransUnion feels that given week) would I be making a mistake doing that? Any advice is appreciated. I would like to mostly hear from people who have taken these loans or know people who have, but obviously every perspective is valuable

Anyone else planning on going? Worthwhile? I'm an AOPA member so I'd get a free pass.

Trying to figure out where to go. Looking at lakes area aviation or Midwest corporate air. Has anyone done these? I’m more interested in lakes area aviation because it is significantly less expensive but I want to hear what people have to say.

I've always loved flying in the sky on commercial airliners, maybe more than the actual destination. I had a gifted discovery flight about 10 years ago that made me fall in love with flying. I wanted to pursue a PPL, but I was in grad school and couldn't justify the expenses with my crazy schedule.

Fast forward till current times, I made the decision to enroll in a 141. The pace was so fast, and even though I had been studying online, working an actual aircraft felt different. It was my first flight and I didn't feel the things I learned matched up with what we were covering on the cessna 172. I asked the instructor questions and he seemed to very quickly brush them off and needed to move on. I was spending too much time on the preflight checklist and he said that I needed to learn how to become efficient (this was my first checklist).

There's no shade to the instructor, I think he's great for most students, but I felt like enrolling in a 141 ws a very bad decision. But now i'm even questioning if I am meant to fly. I get so hung up on every little detail needing to know what everything does and how every variable influences it.

A side note, i'm a very short girl and the craft I used recently was an ancient plane which didn't adjust the seats properly for me even WITH added seat cushions. (i was so fucosed on not yanking the yoke too much because of the 5inch gap from my back to the seat, and I couldn't properly taxi becaue anytime I pushed the pedals, I would lean backward toward the seat gap). I've recently learned the more modern aircraft accomodate for short people, but I still worry if this obsessive compenent isn't right for aviation school.

BTW, I'm doing this just for a PPL, not commercial.

Hello guys. Recently I found an agency that claimed to get my CPL done under 50L with accommodation in Salvador, Brazil.
It was too good to believe and there are no prospects I can contact to verify if its legit or some scam. So please if anyone knows anything about this, help me know more.

What temperature range is icing clear, and when is it rime

What is the significance of a wet vs dry lease?

Is the commercial operator the person running the business or the pilot

is noncommon carriage just private carriage, but you don't have a limited amount of contracts

If something is inop, can you disable it yourself, or do you need some cool mechanic to do it

I have heard if a plane is certificated in order to do prevantative maintence you must take a class is this true

REAL WORLD EXAMPLE OF PRIVATE CARRIAGE

Does private carriage need an air carrier certificate?

When is an air carrier certificate required?

Answer as many questions as possible, please; there will probably be more later.

I'm going to be starting at a flight college (US) soon and was wondering what sort of equipment that's essential and where I could possibly buy them. I know I need a pilot bag, headset, and flight log, but is there any other equipment I need that's necessary? I'm also concerned about where to find seat cushions (I'm under 5ft) and if there are any made specifically for planes or if you could just use one for cars. I'm not sure if I should be worried about getting pedal extenders as well as I'll mostly be training in pipers. I'm also a bit hesitant on buying an iPad since I've been recommended to get one for the maps, but I don't know how much storage will be actually needed or if it'll be okay not buying one as it is not a steep price. I'll be grateful for any advice or information given as I'm asking a lot in this post.

So I am currently finishing up my instrument rating at a local part 61/141 flight school but they recently announced they will not be accepting any more VA benefits…. so I was thinking of doing Embry riddles worldwide associates degree while going to ATP to finish up my commercial and multi engine, the goal would be so that I could use my chapter 33 benefits to pay for my housing and everything else so I won’t have to be working full-time or as much. And yes, I know ATP is notorious for ripping students often being completely overpriced, but I would like to think with it only being commercial and multi it wouldn’t be as bad.

Hey, I currently have 270 total flight time and still haven’t done my CFI check-ride.

I did all my training in part 141 school and passed all check-rides first attempt (but had a few stage check failures), then just before starting my CFI flight training on part 61 my school has shut down so I had to move, moved to a completely different school in a busier environment (South FL) and had to join part 141 CFI training for my visa requirements.

This school program requires 23 hrs training for CFI but I flew more for training because I wasn’t ready (mostly Lazy Eights and power off 180 issues) so I have 36 hrs of CFI training and now doing EOC (which I already failed once busting the power-off 180)

So the main factors are:

1. School shut down so I was forced to completely move a few hours away (including a new place to live)
   
2. My previous school had only Pipers, this one has only Cessnas (started immediately from the right seat)
   
3. Airport is much busier

I feel really bad having so many flight hours before even finishing EOC and check-ride.
Is it a really bad position to be at or am I just exaggerating? I know I have no check-ride failures but I’m really worried about this CFI one because my power-off 180 and some comms aren’t there yet

The way I see, I might as well relocate since it is possible that I would need to move out anyways to find a job working as a CFI.

Even though staying here with my parents would work out pretty well, I'm willing to relocate if it means getting placed in a cadet program would become easier.

One thing I could also do is after completing all my CFI ratings, I could try to find a job in one of those areas to make sure I can secure a job for sure, though I don't really know if cadet programs can obtain a CFI job for you in the first place.

I currently hold a Commercial Pilot's license with Instrument and multi engine add on and am interested in getting my CFI so that I can build hours.

I am deciding whether I should take the accelerated Part 141 route or the traditional Part 61 route.

Any advice is greatly appreciated.

Had a checkride with him, he is a weird in the air but nice on the ground. This was a few months ago but i often think of how odd of a checkride this was.

Ground about an hour, asked fuel system, prop system and gov. PAST. How DA affects VMC speed. Why we feather our prop. Simple stuff.

Flight:
Extremely efficient to the point he starts taxing the plane before you finish checklist(kinda nice tbh). Was setting up for slow flight, started giving me turning instructions way before I was set up. Im talking 90kts in a multi. Told me he is allowed to do that and that I had to start my maneuver. Just stayed at 90 kts the whole time with my flaps down because he made me turn and climb at that speed, so now thats my speed. Stayed in tolerances, no issue but threw me off mentally. All other maneuvers felt extremely rushed on set up like he had an appointment or something. I dont take a long time to setup but I will take my time it is my checkride. Short field he kept changing my point from the initial brief to when I asked what point in the pattern to short final. Prebrief: the centerline before the 1000’ers. Pattern: 2nd centerline. Fine no biggie I can hit it. Short final: “just make sure you arent short of that first centerline” I guess thats my point, went idle high, greased it. Felt like he had an appointment or something to go to the whole time(he didnt). Maybe I smelled bad and had bad breath(probably). Would I send a PPL to him, absolutely not. Would I send a multi to him, sure but id tell them its gonna be weird. I also told him to shutup(literally) while i was configuring for the OEI approach. He seemed to like it like he wanted me to tell him that, idk kinda weird but if thats his thing thats his thing 🤷🏽‍♂️. He flew us back to the airport for whatever reason. I told him he had set the auto pilot on roll instead of GPS. Went to fix it for him and he did not like that. He will verbally berate you from the second you touch the controls to the second you pass. He says you’re doing everything wrong and loves to say “thats not how you do that” while you do that and still do said ACS item within tolerances. I passed. Didnt give him anything to fail me on. 4/4 on checkrides at that point but was just a weird experience. Wouldnt recommend unless you were former military because he was and loves it.

Callsign Vapor

Very
Annoying
Personality
On
Request

He lives up to it.

Would get a beer with him, wouldnt send a student to him. My 2 cents.

dummy me grabbed the wrong bottle. instead of W100 I put in W15W-50. Standard 172 with Lycoming IO-360-L2A engine. is this something I report? or rather let it alone?

Hey guys,

I recently gave etihad assessment for first officer however I couldn’t make it through the simulator check, I shall
Be reapplying again. However, it got me thinking about a question.

I have an airplane tattoo on my left forearm (image attached), if I opt to wear a full sleeve , it makes it not visible. Would that be accepted in Etihad? I’ve seen many Etihad pilots wearing full sleeve shirts.

If I have an LOI where I lose both my situational awareness (airplane on the gps) and my HSI needle disappeared. Did I lose both RAIM and WAAS? Im guessing I’m outside the envelope for the ground based WAAS and I lost my 5th satellite. Could also be a placement error but I’m more curious if my LOI is specific to one integrity

Hi everyone,

Looking to renew my flight instructor cert in the shortest amount of time. Please don’t cry at my elite levels of efficiency in life?

I’ve heard you can have 16 tabs open at the same time using sportys? Whats the best way to go about this here?

Thanks

Howdy folks,

We all know there's a recurrent issue of people brand new to the industry that need advice from someone inside that has done it all before, and we see that almost daily on this and other aviation subreddits/forums. Everyone from adults considering career changes to teenagers just figuring things out are looking for answers to questions. I was fortunate enough to have family already in the industry when I went through, which essentially meant I had a built in mentor to help me out. As a CFI, I instructed many individuals that had no prior connection to aviation, and one of the aspects of instructing that I miss the most since moving on to the airlines is the ability to make a difference in someone else's journey by helping out with advice and sometimes nothing more than just commiserating and being there during tough times. I can't count the number of times my relative had to field phone calls or texts from me after a particularly difficult training flight or sim, and I just can't fathom trying to do this without someone like that in my corner.

If this resonates with you, consider signing up to be a mentor for new pilots. It's usually a very low time commitment, checking in with your mentees every so often but mostly just being there for them to talk to and ask questions.

The organization that I am a part of is called Professional Pilots of Tomorrow, but I'm not here to recruit for them specifically. There are others out there that are similar and it doesn't really matter which one you go to, just as long as you are willing/able to mentor new pilots.

Does anyone know Bruce chiens email by any chance? Need to get in contact with him.

The Va benefits subreddit, had some guys post that pilot prospects are bad right now; can anyone chime in. I currently work and make 55 an hour with IT but I would love to fly

I took my CFII two months after my CFI checkride. IACRA and Airmen Registry still show my CFI recency as 24 calendar months after my CFI checkride, not my CFII checkride; I've been signing all documents and such based on what I thought was my current recency expiration date. So which one is right? How can I get that changed on IACRA/airmen registry?

Hello, I'm interested if people have had a similar issue with finding DPE's available. I've heard finding one is the easy part, but the difficulty lies in finding one with a short wait time to schedule a check ride. How long did you guys have to wait for DPE availability and how did you schedule yours? Thanks!