Totally agree. I’m beginning flight school and many different pilots have told me that if I don’t like learning about the mechanics and physics of flight and airplanes. And just enjoy flying in general. This job is not for you. For me flying airplanes is something I could do all day.
I love flying. Feels like surfing but in the air. People drive without knowing how to change a tire. You can’t fly without knowing some basics and that’s for your safety. I love it all
Completely agree - the fascination with flight is much more enjoyable when you see WHY a two ton aircraft can leave the ground. For thousands of years, mankind has been envious of this magic. I still can't believe I get to be a pilot and stand on the shoulders of the giants before me, who had the guts and the brains to figure out how to do what I love
I got sick of working retail after 12 years and decided "Fuck it" one Friday.. That afternoon I was in the pilots seat in a hands on action flight at YBSU.. I was absolutely terrified.. until we came in to land.. We were landing runway 13.. Seeing the sun set over the mountains as the moon hung low over the ocean, with the glow of the runway and Maroochydore off in the distance.. it just made me feel this was right for me.. Unfortunately, learning to fly is expensive.. I've had to restart my journey 3 times, and I'm still not there.. I'm hoping next year I'll save enough to get it.. I do enjoy it
hes right - the era where being a pilot was glamorous and well paying is loooooong gone. You're better off driving a city bus than being an airline pilot
@@josh-ed7je The cost of entry to becoming a pilot, and then an airline pilot, is over 1500 hours of accumulated training to even be hired as a first officer making under 100k a year, and then years of seniority to becoming a captain, just to make over 100k a year - and keep in mind, training costs by this point are over that by a lot... Nah, its better to be a bus driver. American airline pilots are treated like garbage, paid like shit, flying planes held together by tape, for a quarter of the salary they used to make. Airlines overseas treat their pilots much better, which is why most pilots I've met who want to fly for airlines, want to fly for foreign airlines (Emirates for example - Emirates starting salary for a FO is around 5k a month in US dollars)
@@joshparnell7755 Facts, money is a motivator for any job. Passion is cool but not a necessity. Although I do like airplanes and how they work so there is that.
I love that physical feeling of flying, the weightless, and the freedom of being in the air. The understanding just HOW that "crate" with wings really does STAY UP THERE is a bonus. There is such a difference between gliders and power flight too.
I agree 100% I’m a private pilot with an estimate rating. I’ve never held a commercial rating, but I have friends who have been airline pilots that have no interest in actually flying and I have friends that love flying and there is a big difference. Some very happy and some are not happy.
I’m 17 and am head deep in study for aircraft mechanics and piloting. Lots and lots of reading but the mechanics and science is so interesting and I love it.
what exactly is stacks of money? I for example hate flying and wouldnt do it for half a mil. I earn a very comfortable living while keeping my feet planted more or less
I fly for the shear beauty of it. The beauty of the sky, the beauty of the top of the clouds and the earth below, the beauty of the machines, and the beauty of a perfect landing.
If you just like the mechanics of the aircraft, you should probably be an aircraft mechanic. One of the reasons so many people are becoming pilots is because of the pay.
They’re going to make third rate pilots. Whilst I deserved every penny I earned the money wasn’t what I was doing it for. Professionalism and aiming for perfection. Perfection and the stars.
I absolutely despise flying because being crammed in a tube for hours on end with other people doesnt exactly translate to a good time. I endure flying only for the purpose of the destination. I dont know what the talk is about pay but pilots probably arent raking in 500k+ unless theyve done it for 30 years. Cant think of a number that would convince me to become a pilot really. Plenty of business ventures to make a great living without doing somthing you absolutely hate
Understanding the aircraft is so important. I remember practicing engine out procedures and my CFI didn't like to pull the engine. He would then dive towards a field within a half mile of us. I showed him the math of glide ratio and then added in wind. Stay calm in the chaos and there will be no panic
100%. The pay and travel opportunities are great but I am genuinely fascinated by aerodynamics and the way planes and all the instruments work. Not only that but the shear amount of technical info you have to know to fly is information most people don’t know. Teaching it is a blast.
I've never been on a plane before, I'm 29. Never went to school because I didn't know what I wanted to do. I always thought about being a pilot but thought I can't do that. Then one day I did some research and thought, I can do this. I bought some books and I've been reading them in my free time, one day I'll go to school and hopefully get a job. The travel and money seems great, but I'm also really excited about being able to fly a plane. Seems like it will be a fun job that I'll enjoy
Didn't know anything about aircraft. Joined as a curiosity. Ended up putting in 45 years as a search & rescue pilot for, Civil Air Patrol, USAF Aux. Ended up with close to 7000 hours, with private pl, instrument and glider ratings. The volunteer work with CAP was very rewarding and gave a purpose for flying. Don't know much about mechanics of airplanes.
The travel, pay and status are all excellent reasons to get into aviation. I'm into aviation because i love aviation and seeing the world from a completely different perspective.
I retired at AA last year after 37 years and a total of 49 years of flying. I work with young people that are interested in the career and did years of career days. I never had the words that you have to put across the same point. The love of the machines and the idea of being as one with them is a key. I was a mechanic at times as well as a pilot and that kind of old school training can keep a young guy alive to fly another day. Very good job and I have shared your video to quite a few young people. Thank you.
When I built an airplane I thought there wouldn’t be much maintenance because it was new. What a surprise. But I love doing the maintenance. Very rewarding.
After going deep inside myself I realized, that I would have gone into commercial aviation because of the status. Of course, the mechanics amaze me every single time, but paying 125k without any job safety (here in Europe) is one more reason not to do it. But here I am, beginning my ppl next year to enjoy aviation as it should be 😁
Retired firefighter, medic who owns an automotive business. But I grew up around aircraft and now I'm becoming a pilot . But I love the mechanics and physics and engineering in aviation
I’ve loved airplanes and anything that took to the skies ever since I was a kid and never thought I would be able to be a pilot. Living the dream as an instrument rated PPL.
Well said!!! To me this is the only reason I would do this....the love of airplanes and how they work. All the other things are secondary things you get for doing what you love.
Approach controller for 14 years. Also have private certificate. I still look up even if it’s only a training plane that I see every 30 seconds. I hear the engine, I look up. Many controllers are here because of pay as well. They don’t know the difference between aircraft and don’t care, especially in the radar environment where we don’t see the planes
Interesting perspective! It’s good to hear from air traffic control sometimes when they chime in on Pilot stuff because you sometimes forget that there’s a whole other world down there controlling the airplanes and it’s nice to be able to hear that from you :-) in the controllers, Noah, heck of a lot more about airplanes then some pilots do for sure. Sounds like you need to start using that private pilot certificate a little bit more and hit the skies! :) would love to see what it’s like to be in the control tower at some point!
Haha I totally feel this. I still really love the actual act of flying, but even more than that I just freaking love airplanes and am fascinated by how they work. Operating the systems of an airplane really makes me nerd out 😂
Totally man!!! And you’ve got the coolest projects on the go… you’re actually building them haha. Well… building one, tearing cutting up another 😝 (747)
Went and got my degree in Aerospace Engineering and was the lead on aerodynamics during my senior project, fell in love with the design of aircrafts. Through internships I got to fly with some test pilots and pick their brains and that gave me the bug. Now I’m about 40ish hours through my training and finishing up my PPL and going this route was the best decision ever. I love flying and try to not take that part for granted but continue to find myself fascinated with systems, mechanics, and why certain things on different aircraft’s were designed that way. It’s really fascinating!
I love everything about Aviation, I absolutely love learning about how to operate aircraft and how they operate and I cant get enough, it is my passion, I am training to become a pilot!
To me it’s purely magical. I know how and why it works, but it’s still just insane that’s it’s something that can actually happen. Humans are able to go up by going fast through something we can’t see. It’s just unfathomably fascinating
I’m still going strong after a 31 year career in aviation and I’ve never worked a day in my life. They pay me to be away from home and I fly for free. Since the beginning of my career in the early 1990’s, I realized that there are 2 kinds of pilots: 1: pilots who love to fly 2: pilots who love to be called a pilot. If you belong to the 2nd group, don’t start. You will become a mediocre pilot at best, who will hate his or her job. My whole career, before a flight, I turn towards the runways and watch airplanes take off. I’ve know pilots who have no interest in that at all. They won’t watch. They won’t know that an A340 has 4 engines or that an L1011 had 3 engines. I’ve met pilots that honestly don’t know these things. Don’t be one of those.
Yes! I am obsessed with identifying different airliners from each other. I miss L1011s, 727s, 747s, 737-100s/200s. There used to be a greater variety of airliner aesthetic back in the 90s and early 2000s. Now it’s mostly 2-engine wide body across the board aside from some remaining 747s along with A380s. A340s are not as common in the states anymore more either. I’m always rolling my eyes whenever I’m watching a movie that has an airliner and there isn’t any consistency, even showing a completely different plane in another shot. The comedy Airplane! is a great movie that touches on this by showing an exterior shot of a 707 flying through the clouds but you hear roaring propellers instead of jet engines 😅
Im thinking about starting ground school. Travel and money is cool, but im fascinated by aviation. Never thought i was smart enough to be a pilot but i recently moved back with my parents to save up for a house, figured now is a good time to pursue it and even just see if its something i can do. I mean i think anyone can learn anything, it just comes down to how interested, and willing to learn you are.
All the layers of machanics that have been added to flying ruin it. I want to fly free like what is shown in Studio Ghibli movies, or how I fly my RC Plane around with camera attached. Floating in the wind, feeling the currents, useing them, not trying to go anywhere but where you are and seeing it from a new perspective rather than an air traffic controller telling you what to do and watch your instruments.
Yeah…that’s why we’re in the safest stretch of aviation history.. sounds like you need a glider or a drone. You’ll never get a commercial job with that mentality.
If you’re not an aviation nerd you’re gonna hate it. Just the process of becoming a commercial pilot can be souls crushing at times even if you love it.
My uncle who’s been a commercial pilot for going on 12 years now, said the main reason he wanted to be a pilot was to travel and he loved airplanes. Then after 2 years of flying he said he would never leave simply for the pay. He clears 240k yearly. I’d say that’s a good enough reason to get into flight school lmao
"Don't do what you want to unless it is for the reasons i approve. i tell you how to think and what you'll love or hate. i see people with different motivations than me and it's wrong wrong wrong" (that's all i heard)
A lot of people don't understand the difference that comes with doing something as a job vs for pure enjoyment. It reminds me of the game industry. So many people love to play video games and dream of becoming game creators but so many of those same people once they see the reality of what it takes and what goes into actually creating a game well they just nope right out and stick to playing them.
i always wanted to do it for the planes, i was told one time that my love for the planes was a "unrealistic reason and you need to get paid and pay the bills, you need a adult reason"
Spot on man! Agree 100% Get into this industry because you’re passionate about it and the items you described why “not” to get into it will eventually take care of themselves ie. pay
KA350-I do it for the awesome people I work for, the travel, the pay is OK, but it also allows me to continue to be a flight instructor which if I could make a living doing that I would. I’ve just always enjoyed that but most people don’t.oh yeah, I also do it for the coffee. You can usually get a free cup of coffee anywhere you land.
The mechanics & being a stickler for safety - almost paranoid thinking of every possibility of something, anything going wrong & keeping an escape route open. Being hyper aware of weather, understanding & using instrument competently. Mentally going through the flight-path & trajectory in advance visualizing the states. Gravity is very unforgiving & better not be challenged 😊
Funny thing about flying…those who love flying, LOVE being a pilot. Those who got into flying for the wrong reasons are destined for the biggest headache imaginable. It’s a VERY sharp double edged sword.
I saw an airplane for the first time at age 5 , by the hand of my Nonno ...Santiago de Chile Air Club , snowed mountains as a background. Military / Piston / Turboprop / Heavy Jets All around the world. Now retired. Thanks My Dear God for making my dream come true. Kindest Regards
Flying machines fascinate me, they intrigue me. I love watching them fly. However flying scares me. I would love to be a pilot, a happy and comfortable pilot but I'm one of those ppl who is very scared of flying. I want to overcome that fear because aviation is amazing and becoming a pilot is a life long dream of mine
You got a point. People who do not really love mechanics or physics, they still can learn to fly perfectly safe. Flight instructors can deal with those pilots. But the thing is, pilots who love mechanics, they got an advantage, it is passion.
I flew cargo in 747s. Every time I came up to the airplane I secretly said to myself, "I can't believe I'm actually going to fly this thing. It's as big as a building and weighs over 800,000 lbs". Definitely PFM!
I feel I’m just now discovering how amazing this could be. I love the mechanics of just about anything with an engine. I love cars and learning about them and fixing them and everything involved. I’m deathly afraid of heights. I will fly in planes but am not always the most comfortable. Watching a bunch of videos and reading up on planes and learning about different planes and flying has almost relieved me of my fear. I think getting a pilots license and piloting a plane would be a sense of security almost to show that I have nothing to worry about and to give the freedom of those perks that could come along with it. Honestly, I’m imagining buying an older airplane and being able to fix it up with my kids and able to take them on an awesome adventure with my wife.
You can’t get to love the mechanics of something until you actually start.same as you won’t know if you are into filmmaking into you are actually apart of the process. If you hate flying while training of course quit. But if you’re interested in flying because of all the perks that comes with that lifestyle then give it a try.
definitely. i’ve met so many that didn’t get selected by aviation colleges due to the medical, and when i start an aviation related convo they don’t seem to know anything or show the excitement and passion an avgeek usually displays, which got me questioning why they wanted to be a pilot. kid you not almost every single one answered with something along the words of “it looks so cool being able to fly a plane”. yes, yes it does, but nobody can be impressed by themselves over being a pilot forever, that “it’s so cool” drive isn’t even enough to push one through ppl i don’t think😂
The mechanics of aviation is what keeps you interested. It has to be about the journey instead of the destination. It’s a beautiful view and freedom to leave the ground.
Problem we have with students, many not totally committed to study. You have to be self motivated to enjoy flying, not just think it's something you can bragg to friends.
I’m in flight school now and boy I thought I loved learning about airplanes before now it’s becoming an obsession I love my ground days and even when I’m taking a “break” I’m playing games that having airplanes in them
I have loved helicopter for a great portion of my life. The way they take advantage of physics is astounding to me. I likely can’t become a military or rescue helicopter pilot like I want to because I have a red-green colour blindness.
The only reason I want to get my pilots license is for the love and interest of aviation, being up in the sky, the engineering, and the actual feeling of operating a plane in the sky. I actually never considered the money commercial/professional pilots can make until I got interested in aviation. A little late for a new career for me, but there’s always time for passion and hobbies in the present and future.
Well the good news is that with the 1500-hour rule, ain't no one gonna become an ATP unless they REALLY love flying. And I mean bouncing around the pattern in a C-172 teaching person how to fly. But the time you get close to the "travel" and the "pay" you'll have had your love of flying thoroughly tested.
Private pilot in ATPL training and profesional ATCo here - working in aviation industry is really demanding. I can't honestly imagine doing it for any other reason than love for flying.
Totally agree! All the good pilots I know just love airplanes of any kind. And if you aren’t interested in how they work and what makes them fly, well…maybe pick a different career!
Agreed. I knew some people in flight school that had no business flying airplanes. Some had family members who were pilots and some wanted to fly but really didn't have stick and rudder skills. The best pilots fly planes, they aren't button pushers
Been into planes since as young as I can remember. Runs in the family. Couple of my uncles, cousin, great uncle, and grandpa are all pilots and now I am and have always been obsessed. Like it’s built into me and my family to fly. Those who just think about it one day and decide they want to do it are not made for it
When I got my helicopter licence one of the bosses used to say you could tell those who were genuinely interested in flying... they were those who would pause mid conversation to watch somebody land or take off, just to watch.. I love flying low through river beds, popping over wind breaks or cliffs and watching the ground open up below, and just the beauty of a nice day, and making a machine which naturally won't fly... fly!
Totally agree. I’m beginning flight school and many different pilots have told me that if I don’t like learning about the mechanics and physics of flight and airplanes. And just enjoy flying in general. This job is not for you. For me flying airplanes is something I could do all day.
Me personally I just love the feeling of flying and the rewarding experience-the perks are just add-ons.
How about you
I love flying. Feels like surfing but in the air. People drive without knowing how to change a tire. You can’t fly without knowing some basics and that’s for your safety. I love it all
Along with the aroma of AVGAS...constant learning! Every day you "clear prop", there's a different experience!!! Blue Skies!
This goes for you too, doctors.
And lawyers
Completely agree - the fascination with flight is much more enjoyable when you see WHY a two ton aircraft can leave the ground. For thousands of years, mankind has been envious of this magic. I still can't believe I get to be a pilot and stand on the shoulders of the giants before me, who had the guts and the brains to figure out how to do what I love
I got into aviation because I love getting high.
"I just wanna get high with my lover"
I got sick of working retail after 12 years and decided "Fuck it" one Friday.. That afternoon I was in the pilots seat in a hands on action flight at YBSU.. I was absolutely terrified.. until we came in to land.. We were landing runway 13.. Seeing the sun set over the mountains as the moon hung low over the ocean, with the glow of the runway and Maroochydore off in the distance.. it just made me feel this was right for me..
Unfortunately, learning to fly is expensive.. I've had to restart my journey 3 times, and I'm still not there.. I'm hoping next year I'll save enough to get it.. I do enjoy it
Bro really said "Choose passion over money"
hes right - the era where being a pilot was glamorous and well paying is loooooong gone. You're better off driving a city bus than being an airline pilot
@@Hasshodothis is such a weird exaggeration I don’t know a single city bus driver making what even regional pilots make in the US
@@josh-ed7je The cost of entry to becoming a pilot, and then an airline pilot, is over 1500 hours of accumulated training to even be hired as a first officer making under 100k a year, and then years of seniority to becoming a captain, just to make over 100k a year - and keep in mind, training costs by this point are over that by a lot...
Nah, its better to be a bus driver. American airline pilots are treated like garbage, paid like shit, flying planes held together by tape, for a quarter of the salary they used to make. Airlines overseas treat their pilots much better, which is why most pilots I've met who want to fly for airlines, want to fly for foreign airlines (Emirates for example - Emirates starting salary for a FO is around 5k a month in US dollars)
That's easy to say when you're already making comfortable money. When your passion isn't paying the bills, it's time to choose money.
@@joshparnell7755 Facts, money is a motivator for any job. Passion is cool but not a necessity. Although I do like airplanes and how they work so there is that.
I love that physical feeling of flying, the weightless, and the freedom of being in the air. The understanding just HOW that "crate" with wings really does STAY UP THERE is a bonus.
There is such a difference between gliders and power flight too.
I agree 100% I’m a private pilot with an estimate rating. I’ve never held a commercial rating, but I have friends who have been airline pilots that have no interest in actually flying and I have friends that love flying and there is a big difference. Some very happy and some are not happy.
I’m 17 and am head deep in study for aircraft mechanics and piloting.
Lots and lots of reading but the mechanics and science is so interesting and I love it.
I got into aviation for quality of life and fat stacks of money. I have yet to be bored in an airplane.
what exactly is stacks of money? I for example hate flying and wouldnt do it for half a mil. I earn a very comfortable living while keeping my feet planted more or less
I fly for the shear beauty of it. The beauty of the sky, the beauty of the top of the clouds and the earth below, the beauty of the machines, and the beauty of a perfect landing.
You said what I was feeling
Same! But i do also like the mechanics of airplanes too.
If you just like the mechanics of the aircraft, you should probably be an aircraft mechanic. One of the reasons so many people are becoming pilots is because of the pay.
truth Facts
Na i love to up in the sky all the time and flying those machines
"Mechanics" doesn't mean the inner workings of the plane. It means things like understanding lift, drag, how airspeed indicators give you values, etc.
They’re going to make third rate pilots. Whilst I deserved every penny I earned the money wasn’t what I was doing it for. Professionalism and aiming for perfection. Perfection and the stars.
I absolutely despise flying because being crammed in a tube for hours on end with other people doesnt exactly translate to a good time. I endure flying only for the purpose of the destination. I dont know what the talk is about pay but pilots probably arent raking in 500k+ unless theyve done it for 30 years. Cant think of a number that would convince me to become a pilot really. Plenty of business ventures to make a great living without doing somthing you absolutely hate
Understanding the aircraft is so important.
I remember practicing engine out procedures and my CFI didn't like to pull the engine.
He would then dive towards a field within a half mile of us.
I showed him the math of glide ratio and then added in wind.
Stay calm in the chaos and there will be no panic
Absolutely agree with you. And if you love understanding weather and human factors, even better!
100%. The pay and travel opportunities are great but I am genuinely fascinated by aerodynamics and the way planes and all the instruments work. Not only that but the shear amount of technical info you have to know to fly is information most people don’t know. Teaching it is a blast.
Yes!! And for me a big part is the people meeting people the friendships along the way
I've never been on a plane before, I'm 29. Never went to school because I didn't know what I wanted to do. I always thought about being a pilot but thought I can't do that. Then one day I did some research and thought, I can do this. I bought some books and I've been reading them in my free time, one day I'll go to school and hopefully get a job. The travel and money seems great, but I'm also really excited about being able to fly a plane. Seems like it will be a fun job that I'll enjoy
Didn't know anything about aircraft. Joined as a curiosity. Ended up putting in 45 years as a search & rescue pilot for, Civil Air Patrol, USAF Aux. Ended up with close to 7000 hours, with private pl, instrument and glider ratings. The volunteer work with CAP was very rewarding and gave a purpose for flying. Don't know much about mechanics of airplanes.
The travel, pay and status are all excellent reasons to get into aviation.
I'm into aviation because i love aviation and seeing the world from a completely different perspective.
I retired at AA last year after 37 years and a total of 49 years of flying. I work with young people that are interested in the career and did years of career days. I never had the words that you have to put across the same point. The love of the machines and the idea of being as one with them is a key. I was a mechanic at times as well as a pilot and that kind of old school training can keep a young guy alive to fly another day. Very good job and I have shared your video to quite a few young people. Thank you.
Super cool to hear it from a pilot like yourself!! Thanks so much!!! :)
I got into it because I have a severe case of “if you want something done right you gotta do it yourself”
Absolutely correct.. You need to love the act of flying. Ive always been fascinated with wings on invisible air.. just sooo amazing to me!
The feeling I get every time my landing gear leaves the runway or comes back down and touches the runway. I hope it never gets old.
It doesn’t get old.. it just gets faster!
😊I grew up on an air base, I don't think I had a choice 😅but to love and want to become a pilot. passion was my reason
When I built an airplane I thought there wouldn’t be much maintenance because it was new. What a surprise. But I love doing the maintenance. Very rewarding.
After going deep inside myself I realized, that I would have gone into commercial aviation because of the status. Of course, the mechanics amaze me every single time, but paying 125k without any job safety (here in Europe) is one more reason not to do it. But here I am, beginning my ppl next year to enjoy aviation as it should be 😁
That’s why I moved to the USA. Couldn’t afford it in Europe. That was 3 decades ago. 😂. I’m still in the US, entering my last 17 years of my career.
Retired firefighter, medic who owns an automotive business. But I grew up around aircraft and now I'm becoming a pilot . But I love the mechanics and physics and engineering in aviation
I’ve loved airplanes and anything that took to the skies ever since I was a kid and never thought I would be able to be a pilot. Living the dream as an instrument rated PPL.
Well said!!!
To me this is the only reason I would do this....the love of airplanes and how they work.
All the other things are secondary things you get for doing what you love.
Approach controller for 14 years. Also have private certificate. I still look up even if it’s only a training plane that I see every 30 seconds. I hear the engine, I look up.
Many controllers are here because of pay as well. They don’t know the difference between aircraft and don’t care, especially in the radar environment where we don’t see the planes
Interesting perspective! It’s good to hear from air traffic control sometimes when they chime in on Pilot stuff because you sometimes forget that there’s a whole other world down there controlling the airplanes and it’s nice to be able to hear that from you :-) in the controllers, Noah, heck of a lot more about airplanes then some pilots do for sure. Sounds like you need to start using that private pilot certificate a little bit more and hit the skies! :) would love to see what it’s like to be in the control tower at some point!
But do you say “SEEEEEYA”?
Nice. Glad to hear that doesn’t go away. Sometimes I could just watch planes all day. Oh, if only.
I first got a job building airplanes THEN i got into flight school. Aerodynamics was my favorite section in ground school
That makes sense. Like, don’t be a farmer if you don’t like to get dirty. Thanks for the video.
Absolutely agree! Paired with safety and having common sense. Being a pilot is awesome! Fly safe!
Haha I totally feel this. I still really love the actual act of flying, but even more than that I just freaking love airplanes and am fascinated by how they work. Operating the systems of an airplane really makes me nerd out 😂
Same here. I might bitch and complain about FBW and other automation, but at the same time, I love playing with all that. 😂
Totally man!!! And you’ve got the coolest projects on the go… you’re actually building them haha. Well… building one, tearing cutting up another 😝 (747)
Went and got my degree in Aerospace Engineering and was the lead on aerodynamics during my senior project, fell in love with the design of aircrafts. Through internships I got to fly with some test pilots and pick their brains and that gave me the bug. Now I’m about 40ish hours through my training and finishing up my PPL and going this route was the best decision ever. I love flying and try to not take that part for granted but continue to find myself fascinated with systems, mechanics, and why certain things on different aircraft’s were designed that way. It’s really fascinating!
Those first three are really nice but omg plane go vroom and its insanely cool and thats why im a pilot, because flying is amazing
I love everything about Aviation, I absolutely love learning about how to operate aircraft and how they operate and I cant get enough, it is my passion, I am training to become a pilot!
To me it’s purely magical. I know how and why it works, but it’s still just insane that’s it’s something that can actually happen. Humans are able to go up by going fast through something we can’t see.
It’s just unfathomably fascinating
The thing I love about airplanes is the fact that you have this huge metal tube under your control.
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I’m still going strong after a 31 year career in aviation and I’ve never worked a day in my life. They pay me to be away from home and I fly for free.
Since the beginning of my career in the early 1990’s, I realized that there are 2 kinds of pilots:
1: pilots who love to fly
2: pilots who love to be called a pilot.
If you belong to the 2nd group, don’t start. You will become a mediocre pilot at best, who will hate his or her job.
My whole career, before a flight, I turn towards the runways and watch airplanes take off. I’ve know pilots who have no interest in that at all. They won’t watch. They won’t know that an A340 has 4 engines or that an L1011 had 3 engines. I’ve met pilots that honestly don’t know these things.
Don’t be one of those.
I love flying but I realized I don’t know much about different aircraft’s. I spend more time researching cars.
Yes! I am obsessed with identifying different airliners from each other. I miss L1011s, 727s, 747s, 737-100s/200s. There used to be a greater variety of airliner aesthetic back in the 90s and early 2000s. Now it’s mostly 2-engine wide body across the board aside from some remaining 747s along with A380s. A340s are not as common in the states anymore more either. I’m always rolling my eyes whenever I’m watching a movie that has an airliner and there isn’t any consistency, even showing a completely different plane in another shot. The comedy Airplane! is a great movie that touches on this by showing an exterior shot of a 707 flying through the clouds but you hear roaring propellers instead of jet engines 😅
I do it for every reason , absolutely love flying and everything aviation has to offer, it’s all good
Im thinking about starting ground school. Travel and money is cool, but im fascinated by aviation. Never thought i was smart enough to be a pilot but i recently moved back with my parents to save up for a house, figured now is a good time to pursue it and even just see if its something i can do. I mean i think anyone can learn anything, it just comes down to how interested, and willing to learn you are.
All the layers of machanics that have been added to flying ruin it. I want to fly free like what is shown in Studio Ghibli movies, or how I fly my RC Plane around with camera attached. Floating in the wind, feeling the currents, useing them, not trying to go anywhere but where you are and seeing it from a new perspective rather than an air traffic controller telling you what to do and watch your instruments.
Yeah…that’s why we’re in the safest stretch of aviation history..
sounds like you need a glider or a drone. You’ll never get a commercial job with that mentality.
I do it because I love everything around aviation
The whole time you’re on video the old dude in the back was going “ just fly the damn plane kid!”
REAL. I want to become a pilot because it's my passion since I was little, i could do it without getting paid, the money is just a bonus
AWESOME! SOUNDS GREAT! thank you! You are helping save lives.
If you’re not an aviation nerd you’re gonna hate it. Just the process of becoming a commercial pilot can be souls crushing at times even if you love it.
Get into aviation for whatever reason you want and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.
I love airplanes and how they work and definitely the communications with ATC and how grand the communication is between ALL the pilots and the ATC
Planning on getting my A&P before I start flying
My uncle who’s been a commercial pilot for going on 12 years now, said the main reason he wanted to be a pilot was to travel and he loved airplanes. Then after 2 years of flying he said he would never leave simply for the pay. He clears 240k yearly. I’d say that’s a good enough reason to get into flight school lmao
"Don't do what you want to unless it is for the reasons i approve. i tell you how to think and what you'll love or hate. i see people with different motivations than me and it's wrong wrong wrong" (that's all i heard)
Lol really?
Don't become a pilot if your not into tech because theres no avoiding it anymore!
I totally agree I was a heavy equipment operator mostly cranes because I love big heavy equipment and what they can do
A lot of people don't understand the difference that comes with doing something as a job vs for pure enjoyment. It reminds me of the game industry. So many people love to play video games and dream of becoming game creators but so many of those same people once they see the reality of what it takes and what goes into actually creating a game well they just nope right out and stick to playing them.
As a pilot with over 20,000 hours and almost 40 years of it under my belt. I would say you’re 100% correct
i always wanted to do it for the planes, i was told one time that my love for the planes was a "unrealistic reason and you need to get paid and pay the bills, you need a adult reason"
Spot on man! Agree 100%
Get into this industry because you’re passionate about it and the items you described why “not” to get into it will eventually take care of themselves ie. pay
KA350-I do it for the awesome people I work for, the travel, the pay is OK, but it also allows me to continue to be a flight instructor which if I could make a living doing that I would. I’ve just always enjoyed that but most people don’t.oh yeah, I also do it for the coffee. You can usually get a free cup of coffee anywhere you land.
The mechanics & being a stickler for safety - almost paranoid thinking of every possibility of something, anything going wrong & keeping an escape route open. Being hyper aware of weather, understanding & using instrument competently. Mentally going through the flight-path & trajectory in advance visualizing the states. Gravity is very unforgiving & better not be challenged 😊
Funny thing about flying…those who love flying, LOVE being a pilot. Those who got into flying for the wrong reasons are destined for the biggest headache imaginable. It’s a VERY sharp double edged sword.
I saw an airplane for the first time at age 5 , by the hand of my Nonno ...Santiago de Chile Air Club , snowed mountains as a background.
Military / Piston / Turboprop / Heavy Jets All around the world.
Now retired.
Thanks My Dear God for making my dream come true.
Kindest Regards
It's like a excavator operator. The good ones know that machine inside out. It's about the skill, and the mechanics first.
Flying machines fascinate me, they intrigue me. I love watching them fly. However flying scares me. I would love to be a pilot, a happy and comfortable pilot but I'm one of those ppl who is very scared of flying. I want to overcome that fear because aviation is amazing and becoming a pilot is a life long dream of mine
Amen, I’m a pilot and my daughter is in training. We honestly have to look at every aircraft that flies over. It’s in our blood.
I love love traveling, but I love the technology behind planes way more XD I love how everything is so meticulously planned and it works
You are totally right
You got a point. People who do not really love mechanics or physics, they still can learn to fly perfectly safe. Flight instructors can deal with those pilots. But the thing is, pilots who love mechanics, they got an advantage, it is passion.
I flew cargo in 747s. Every time I came up to the airplane I secretly said to myself, "I can't believe I'm actually going to fly this thing. It's as big as a building and weighs over 800,000 lbs". Definitely PFM!
I feel I’m just now discovering how amazing this could be. I love the mechanics of just about anything with an engine. I love cars and learning about them and fixing them and everything involved. I’m deathly afraid of heights. I will fly in planes but am not always the most comfortable. Watching a bunch of videos and reading up on planes and learning about different planes and flying has almost relieved me of my fear. I think getting a pilots license and piloting a plane would be a sense of security almost to show that I have nothing to worry about and to give the freedom of those perks that could come along with it. Honestly, I’m imagining buying an older airplane and being able to fix it up with my kids and able to take them on an awesome adventure with my wife.
You can’t get to love the mechanics of something until you actually start.same as you won’t know if you are into filmmaking into you are actually apart of the process. If you hate flying while training of course quit. But if you’re interested in flying because of all the perks that comes with that lifestyle then give it a try.
Those are good reason to get into it and can find a love for the mechanics along the way
definitely. i’ve met so many that didn’t get selected by aviation colleges due to the medical, and when i start an aviation related convo they don’t seem to know anything or show the excitement and passion an avgeek usually displays, which got me questioning why they wanted to be a pilot. kid you not almost every single one answered with something along the words of “it looks so cool being able to fly a plane”. yes, yes it does, but nobody can be impressed by themselves over being a pilot forever, that “it’s so cool” drive isn’t even enough to push one through ppl i don’t think😂
Completely agree. Loving it “because it’s cool” is the wrong reason.
You are right 100%
The mechanics of aviation is what keeps you interested. It has to be about the journey instead of the destination. It’s a beautiful view and freedom to leave the ground.
I love airplanes.
Me too
me too
From a military turned civilian family, best plane so far has been a Stearman. Go take a introduction flight folks, not cheap but worth it.
Problem we have with students, many not totally committed to study. You have to be self motivated to enjoy flying, not just think it's something you can bragg to friends.
Brother, I love working on these machines and I love flying them. These are what I live for. (Aside from family and cars but mostly aviation)
I’m in flight school now and boy I thought I loved learning about airplanes before now it’s becoming an obsession I love my ground days and even when I’m taking a “break” I’m playing games that having airplanes in them
Totally agree man.
Agree!!!!!🛩
Chill out guys, this is just one person's opinion
So skuntiet true my lad. You are 100% right!!
I don’t fly on planes anymore because of the mechanic issues that all machinery breaks down at some point.
Spot on
Absolutely!
I have loved helicopter for a great portion of my life. The way they take advantage of physics is astounding to me. I likely can’t become a military or rescue helicopter pilot like I want to because I have a red-green colour blindness.
I love aviation for all of the above!
The only reason I want to get my pilots license is for the love and interest of aviation, being up in the sky, the engineering, and the actual feeling of operating a plane in the sky. I actually never considered the money commercial/professional pilots can make until I got interested in aviation. A little late for a new career for me, but there’s always time for passion and hobbies in the present and future.
Makes sense
I'll be honest I disagreed in the beginning but it made sense towards the conclusion
love it!
Well the good news is that with the 1500-hour rule, ain't no one gonna become an ATP unless they REALLY love flying. And I mean bouncing around the pattern in a C-172 teaching person how to fly. But the time you get close to the "travel" and the "pay" you'll have had your love of flying thoroughly tested.
Private pilot in ATPL training and profesional ATCo here - working in aviation industry is really demanding. I can't honestly imagine doing it for any other reason than love for flying.
Totally agree! All the good pilots I know just love airplanes of any kind. And if you aren’t interested in how they work and what makes them fly, well…maybe pick a different career!
Agreed. I knew some people in flight school that had no business flying airplanes. Some had family members who were pilots and some wanted to fly but really didn't have stick and rudder skills. The best pilots fly planes, they aren't button pushers
Been into planes since as young as I can remember. Runs in the family. Couple of my uncles, cousin, great uncle, and grandpa are all pilots and now I am and have always been obsessed. Like it’s built into me and my family to fly. Those who just think about it one day and decide they want to do it are not made for it
When I got my helicopter licence one of the bosses used to say you could tell those who were genuinely interested in flying... they were those who would pause mid conversation to watch somebody land or take off, just to watch..
I love flying low through river beds, popping over wind breaks or cliffs and watching the ground open up below, and just the beauty of a nice day, and making a machine which naturally won't fly... fly!
Im thinking about it to combat my fear of flying. Im planning to lose my fear first though.