I am currently a junior in the air transport major pursuing the professional pilot route. I got into aviation at a young age, and the fascination has never stopped growing. I was always watching airplanes, both big and small flying over my house in small town Ohio. I took an intro flight as well as passing ground school while in my high school years. After that I had continued to pursue the dream while studying at the small technical college that had a satellite campus in my home town of Mt. Vernon. After going part time for a few years and completing most of the general electives required I transferred to OSU. I had originally been enrolled in the engineering program with the focus on the flight training. I soon realized that the engineering was not for me. Being in the flight training program has been a fantastic experience so far. I chose this specific major because I wasn’t interested in the engineering or business side of things, air transport major seemed to be exactly what I had wanted.
I have been in the program for a little over a year at this point and the experience is one that will last a lifetime. The people I have met have been mostly great. And the friends are some that will definitely last a life time. I hope that these people will stay with me throughout my future. As for my plans after I graduate I would hope that I be done with flight training and do my time as an instructor. I hope to find a job soon after flight instructing in the air cargo or air surveying business. After I get enough hours to move on to the airlines I hope to find a job with Republic airlines, or even PSA airlines as of recently. I hope to progress to the major airlines and have a full career there. I hope to move or be based somewhere out west, preferably Washington, Colorado, or the Utah areas. I love the mountain areas and most of the locations like this have a major airport that would accommodate a career in the airline industry.
