Sup to those that still browse here. I guess I should give an lifeupdate thingabob.

Here's what I want to do, I want to be a commercial pilot (preferably bushplanes or light commuter/taxi planes: Cessna Caravan/Piper Navajo). What I need to get is a Private Pilot's License, an Instrument Rating, Commercial Pilot's License, and a Class 2 FAA Medical Certificate. However, to get there is gonna be expensive, $34K just to get up to a Commercial Pilot's License, which isn't including the accruement of 1,500 flight hours that is needed to apply for a career as a PIC (Pilot-In-Command). So here's my plan from today until next year. I'm quitting my job at Safeway, because I only make $10.14/hr and it's just not cutting it for the dream of riding the sky.

Soooo, I managed to get a hook up from my friend who does custodial work. They get $12.50/hr and work 10-14 hour days. With all the overtime they get, they manage to make about $2,300 a month. Here's the plan

Get a job there (which should be a shoe-in)
Save up extra money from working there: $11,000
Save up all dividends (PFD+native dividends): $9,600
Get money that is owed to me back: $3,800
Work the summer as a firefighter/HotShot: $11,000
Total: $35,400 (which, realistically, will prolly be around $31,000)

At the end of the summer fire season, I'll head up to Fairbanks and get my Pilot's License, Instrument Rating, and a Commercial Pilot's License. After I attain those I'll move back down to Valdez and start working at that same custodial thing, doing the same plan and just rack a ton of hours at the start of the summer of 2010.

What a long and arduous road it will be