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You must be at about the same point I am, although my soft fields had to be pushed back a bit due to weather (just did my first ones yesterday). They are definitely more challenging than I thought they would be!

Congrats! It's a great feeling

I'm not sure if anyone truly feels "ready", I definitely felt confident but the thought of engine failure on takeoff (and not many options to set her down), all hell breaking loose in the pattern, or a sudden large pickup of wind certainly scared me, but honestly once I started taxiing for...

On top of the world! Definitely one of the best experiences I've had thus far in my 32 years of being alive. Super excited to start practicing on my own now. I know it doesn't matter but since someone will probably ask it was at 15 hours at a relatively busy class D airport, flying once a week...

Thought I'd post an update. So I've been flying out of pocket every weekend for about a month now, loving every minute of it. I'll be flying once a week on my own dime till school starts in September and 3x a week after that. Really just wanted to get a head start and hopefully will have some...

GI Bill covers everything if it's part of a college program, private included. At any rate, looks like I'm going to stay here and stay working full time while going through the program

Ok so, after doing a crap ton of research, I actually found a program through Community College of Baltimore County which looks essentially the same utilizing one of a few local FBOs here. It seems the GI Bill will cover this program too, and I can take evening/night classes and fly in the...

Why would I stay and pay my own way when I can use my GI bill benefits that I worked so hard for to cover the cost of training? That's the thing. I don't think most people understand cost of living in DC (or how bad you get bent over in taxes as a single guy with no house, I mean BENT over)...

Awesome, thanks for the advice/words of encouragement everyone. As for jobs, of course I think most people want to fly for the airlines, but I honestly don't care where I end up. I just want to fly and get paid enough to make a living. Shoot, even if I'm flying for some small carrier down in...

Thanks guys. As far as downsizing, yup already been working on that. Traded in my Jeep last weekend for a Corolla, saving about $200 mo there plus gas savings and the Corolla should get me through the next 5-6 years with minimal problems. Glad to hear people are starting to say just go for...

There are jobs that require a clearance, but most of it is Navy stuff (which I don't really have any experience with), or IT stuff (which I also don't really). I am hopeful that with my resume I can find myself a decent job while I am out there, I know for a fact I'm going to have to work...

I talked to a Guard recruiter, but he was at the base I worked at when I was active duty so I think he is more geared towards keeping people in that kind of profession. I'll give it a shot and talk to someone at a different location. I will definitely pm you with some questions soon if you...

Really appreciate all the comments guys. I don't know a soul in the profession so really I guess I just wanted a place where I could bounce my ideas off and get some feedback. Family and friends are all very encouraging but obviously aren't in the profession so can only give me advice based off...

No I wouldn't have posted here if I didn't want advice, I'm not saying anyone is wrong for what they are suggesting, I'm just laying out my thought process as I see things that's all, so people can better understand where I'm coming from and that it's not some whim decision I made after a few...

Awesome thanks! I deleted a couple because they are basically duplicates now.

Yeah, the idea of being Guard or Reserve pilot is great, but after my own personal experience with the Air Force (false promises etc) I'm hesitant to even try down that route. The recruiters I've talked to have had no interest in me going to OCS, they want me to take a job doing the same thing I...

Yeah I mean I can for sure swing it, but I'm not really going to be able to save much. That's why I'm confused as to why that's the better route, I can stay here and keep my job (for as long as it lasts, gov contracting is very...well lets just say things change very frequently) and pay to fly...

Well, that's the thing, I don't really have a "dream job" with the exception of being a pilot. I used to want to work in the field I am now, but for many reasons, I just don't want to do it anymore. I'm sick of sitting behind a desk all day, job instability, bureaucracy of the place I work, to...

Yup got my 1st class already, its a requirement for acceptance into the program at Coast Flight

I'm not really a linguist anymore, I'm an analyst at 3 letter agency in the Baltimore/DC area. As far as what I WAS doing as a linguist, well I went to Defense Language Institute for a year in the Air Force to learn Pashto. As far as what I did, can't say much other than produced translations...