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Reply #15 - Sep 18th, 2006 at 4:21pm

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Um, yes?  Youd be better off trying to just be a pilot.  I mean at least in order to have your own airline you need to go to college and get a business degree and/or aviation management.  



If you want to go into Airline Management, you need to go to college.  But college is not necessarily a prerequsite for owning an airline.  Having access to very large sums of money, however is a prerequsite. 

Just make sure you hire the college graduates to manage your airline!   Wink


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Reply #16 - Sep 18th, 2006 at 4:39pm

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I can't imagine why anyone would want to run an airline, unless it's as a hobby. To do that you would need to be exceedingly rich & be prepared to lose a lot of money.

PS. My old boss did exactly that in the late 1970s. He took over an existing small airline that was in a bad way. By investing a lot of time & money in it he kept it going for another few years. He never made anything out of it except satisfaction. AFAIK
 
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Reply #17 - Sep 18th, 2006 at 5:17pm

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Um, yes?  Youd be better off trying to just be a pilot.

That's my Plan B. Grin

How far can I go in the aviation industry if I'm hard of hearing?
 
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Reply #18 - Sep 18th, 2006 at 5:20pm

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That's my Plan B. Grin

How far can I go in the aviation industry if I'm hard of hearing?



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Reply #19 - Sep 18th, 2006 at 6:02pm

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That's my Plan B. Grin

How far can I go in the aviation industry if I'm hard of hearing?

All the way to the top.  You won't get to the top of an airline by being a pilot.  You do that by being a manager.  So go to business school, become a manager at an airline.  Work your way up the ladder.  You probably won't get to the top, but you'll be managing a chunk of an airline someday.
 
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Reply #20 - Sep 18th, 2006 at 6:03pm

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How far can I go in the aviation industry if I'm hard of hearing?

Do you like boats?

Just kidding, it depends on how hard of hearing you are, as long as you can pass the required medical certificates, you can go as far as you want.  There are rated pilots that are totally deaf, they have to fly with a safety pilot of course, so I doubt there would be many aircraft operators willing to hire two pilots when they could hire one. 

Good luck with whatever you do choose to do though. Wink

Oh, and here you go dcunning...Grin
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Reply #21 - Sep 18th, 2006 at 6:12pm

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All the way to the top.  You won't get to the top of an airline by being a pilot.  You do that by being a manager.  So go to business school, become a manager at an airline.  Work your way up the ladder.  You probably won't get to the top, but you'll be managing a chunk of an airline someday.

Well, to be honest, i like being on airplanes, so I guess being a pilot will let me do that more often than being the head honcho at an airline. Smiley

EDIT: also, do I have to be a certain height to be an airline pilot? I ask because i'm one of the shorter people, 5'2".
 
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Reply #22 - Sep 18th, 2006 at 6:42pm

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Deaf (Hearing impairment).
Poor (Not much money).
Short (In the height department).
...Partially sighted...?

Things are not looking at all good for the job of running your own Airline, purchasing and piloting your own fleet of Boeing 747's....

Alternative occupation...?

Erm....I think so... Wink...!

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Reply #23 - Sep 18th, 2006 at 8:10pm

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Deaf (Hearing impairment).
Poor (Not much money).
Short (In the height department).
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Yeah, i wear glasses.

Oh, and I'm into 777's. Wink

Those sexy b****es. Wink
 
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Reply #24 - Sep 19th, 2006 at 7:28am

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Well, to be honest, i like being on airplanes, so I guess being a pilot will let me do that more often than being the head honcho at an airline. Smiley

EDIT: also, do I have to be a certain height to be an airline pilot? I ask because i'm one of the shorter people, 5'2".

If you like being on planes then perhaps you should consider a job which requires a lot of travel.  Sales, perhaps?  They're a lot more common than pilot and airline exec jobs.

BTW, where are you in your career?  Do you have a college degree?  Work experience?
 
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Reply #25 - Sep 19th, 2006 at 9:08am

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I assume you guys realize he's just yanking your chain!  LOL!!!!

Best thread ever!   Grin


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Reply #26 - Sep 19th, 2006 at 9:14am
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He's a troll. lol
 
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Reply #27 - Sep 19th, 2006 at 9:15am

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Reply #28 - Sep 19th, 2006 at 9:47am
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If you love being on planes so much...

...be a flight attendent!
 
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Reply #29 - Sep 19th, 2006 at 9:50am

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This pic is funny too...


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