moabnate Posted January 26, 2016 Posted January 26, 2016 Hi all, I am currently going through instrument (Colorado Heli- Ops) and have been fighting fire in the summer to pay for flight school. The downside is that by fighting fire, I'm unable to fly at all during the summer which obviously hurts my ability to maintain the skill level I have reached the previous winters. I was curious what jobs other people did during their training that allowed them to train fairly frequently and pay for most of their flight hours? I'm trying to avoid loans and external financing, but if anyone has info on that too it would also help! Thanks Quote
Azhigher Posted January 28, 2016 Posted January 28, 2016 Delivered pizza. It didn't buy me much flight time but it was enough to live on. Quote
r22butters Posted January 28, 2016 Posted January 28, 2016 Damn dude! When I delivered pizza I made $5 bucks an hour, that wasn't even enough to live in my car, let alone fly,...you must've made a ton in tips! Back in college the girl who lived next door to me was stripping her way through school,...my thighs were too hairy for the pole, so I had to take out a loan. How anybody works their way through flight school is a mystery to me? At $300 bucks an hour dual how can anyone save that much and also pay living expenses? Even driving a truck it'd take me 10 years just to save enough for my ppl,...and that's while living in the truck! Quote
Azhigher Posted January 28, 2016 Posted January 28, 2016 To be clear, delivering pizza covered my expenses to live. The giant loan I took out paid for flight time. Quote
r22butters Posted January 28, 2016 Posted January 28, 2016 Ah' yes the giant student loan. I should have mine paid off about 50 years after I die. Quote
Jaybee Posted January 28, 2016 Posted January 28, 2016 I worked as a mechanic and paid out of my pocket as I went. I then used part of my Montgomery GI Bill for the Instrument. Quote
Bonzo828 Posted January 30, 2016 Posted January 30, 2016 Police Officer while in flight school to get my PPL. I worked lots of OT / extra jobs along the way... Quote
FlyingBuma Posted February 7, 2016 Posted February 7, 2016 I worked at a friend's business in the area of the flight school. Treated lawns with weed control and fertilizer applications. Wasn't enough to cover my flight training, but it did help pay the bills. =) Quote
KChristian Posted February 8, 2016 Posted February 8, 2016 Couple ideas...Door to Door sales. (I'm not through training yet, but I did pay for a bachelors degree for myself and my wife by selling pest control services.) I'm from Colorado and have plenty of contacts in the Denver area. PM me for info. If you get on with a relaxed company you set your own hours. Or drive for Uber. Quote
RagMan Posted March 2, 2016 Posted March 2, 2016 (edited) Worked at the flight school as a line service guy for the two years I was training. Wasn't bad really. Was a great way to meet just about everyone that came through the door, and met a lot of great customers around the airport. Working the late night shift, sweeping the hanger and putting birds away all the while rocking out to ACDC at 12am wasn't too bad. But damn did coming into a freezing cold work morning on the flight line at 6am during day shift days BLOW! Of course I didn't have to pay for training as I was compensated for serving six years on active duty (technically 8 years total with inactive time.) Edited March 2, 2016 by RagMan Quote
supergokougt Posted March 3, 2016 Posted March 3, 2016 Take a look at the school districts in your area. Substitute teach if you meet the requirements. Pretty flexible schedule. While subbing either study or make more money http://www.lifehack.org/articles/money/5-real-ways-actually-make-money-online.html Quote
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