Simviation Forum - I don't usually like to brag....

Sep 23^rd, 2005 at 10:08pm

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But right now I'll make an exception!

Passed my checkride today for the CL-65 (CRJ-200) type rating!

Now I just have to get hired by an airline..... Wink

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Reply #1 - Sep 23^rd, 2005 at 10:09pm

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Congrats....the best way to do that it give it to a pilot you know at a airline that flys the CRJ.

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Reply #2 - Sep 23^rd, 2005 at 10:19pm

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Thanks man!

And my dad knows one of Mesa's CRJ instructors, so I have an "in" there. Plus the school I got the rating through has partnerships with American Eagle, ExpressJet, AirWisconsin, and a couple others I can't recall in my half drunk celebratory state...

So yeah, hopefully I'll be getting paid to fly jets before the year is out!

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Reply #3 - Sep 23^rd, 2005 at 10:50pm

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Sweet! Congrats man!

How old are you?

Ben

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Reply #4 - Sep 24^th, 2005 at 3:31am

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Wow, nice job. 8) Wish I was there.... *dreams*

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Reply #5 - Sep 24^th, 2005 at 4:30am

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Sweet! Congrats man!

How old are you?

Ben

Thank you, fellas!

And I'm 32 *pukes*

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Reply #6 - Sep 24^th, 2005 at 7:54am

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Congratulations mate...and that is not bragging...you have accomplished something Wink

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Reply #7 - Sep 24^th, 2005 at 8:13am

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Well done...wish you all the best in your chosen career and hope all Your Ups and Downs are Happy One's.

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

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Reply #8 - Sep 24^th, 2005 at 9:15am

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Well done... now for the hard part, eh? Grin

Good luck.

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Reply #9 - Sep 25^th, 2005 at 6:26pm

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Well done... now for the hard part, eh? Grin

Good luck.

heh, exactly Wink

Thanks again, people...

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Reply #10 - Sep 25^th, 2005 at 6:29pm

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I'm 32 *pukes*

Why did you wait so long? Cry

May I ask what school you went to?

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Reply #11 - Sep 25^th, 2005 at 9:54pm

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Why did you wait so long? Cry

May I ask what school you went to?

It's not really that I "waited", per se, it's just that it took a while to get where I'm at. If I could go back and do it over, I'd do some things differently (like just become a friggin' doctor Grin

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The longer story:

I took a couple years off after High School (class of '91) and basically did nothing. I was really sick of school. Decided that didn't pay so well, and went to college. Did a year at community college, then went to Arizona State. Graduated December, 2000. I got all my initial training (private, inst, comm, CFI, CFII, multi) done with student loan money, and they kinda ration it out, so I was at ASU for 5 years.

Soon after graduation, I moved to Detroit and got an instructor job. Then a few months later 9/11 happened, and I didn't fly for almost 2 years. I couldn't find anyone hiring where I lived. So I moved to Texas, and eventually got a couple more CFII jobs, and had finally racked up over 1,000 hours. But I couldn't get in anywhere that had a twin and I'm really short on multi hours. And honestly, I was getting tired of instructing. And tired of being broke.

So I borrowed some money from a good friend that I met while instructing in Texas and went to Regional Airline Academy back in Arizona. They have a partnership with CAE in Denver, which is where I got the type rating. I figured it would be the best way to get in the door with the regionals. I suppose I could have bought a ton of hours in a Duchess or whatever and then tried to apply to the regionals, but I've heard of people with less than 50 multi hours getting hired with the type rating.

So that's my boring story.

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Reply #12 - Sep 26^th, 2005 at 12:26am