Hello Everyone,
I know this subject has been discussed before - probably beaten to death already, but I'll go ahead with my spiel.
I was delighted to read posts from months and years ago about Dominican pilots flying abroad. I'm an aspiring airline pilot and reading about the opportunties that various Dominicans have held as pilots encourages me to keep on goin'.
I'm a junior at Arizona State University pursuing a bacherlor's in Aeronautical Management Technology with a concentration in Profesional Flight. Mesa Airlines conducts our flight training through a subsidiary called Mesa Pilot Development. MPD functions as a 'bridge" between ASU graduates to Mesa Airlines. At the end of our four years, we interview with Mesa Airlines and look forward to flying as a first officer flying an ERJ 145 or CRJs 200/700/900s.
So far, the program has been promising and I would not have it any other way. The program is excellent. By next summer, I plan on obtaining my CFII certificate and Multi-Engine rating. MPD offers us the opportunity to instruct in your last year and half of school.
There's about five hispanics in the flight program - I'm the only Dominican. I feel quite proud of that - gotta represent. Where am I going with all this? Growing up I always wanted to be an airline pilot and I've been blessed with living in the U.S. a good part of my life to make that become more of a reality.
However, growing up as an aviation enthusiast I've never had any guidance as to how other Latino pilots have gone about flying for a living in the U.S.
Up until recently (this evening, actually), I was under the misconception that there weren't any Dominican pilots for any major U.S. airlines.
Essentially, I'd like to hear of any pilots out there in the community that can give me some guidance and offer up some good advice. Ideally, I'd like to build a connection with this pilots; hopefully, being able to "pick their brain"
about the airline industry and how they accomplished their goal.
Eventually, once I reach my goal of becoming an airline pilot, I'd like to give others guidance and show them ropes.
Any thoughts? Advice?
Cheers,
William
I know this subject has been discussed before - probably beaten to death already, but I'll go ahead with my spiel.
I was delighted to read posts from months and years ago about Dominican pilots flying abroad. I'm an aspiring airline pilot and reading about the opportunties that various Dominicans have held as pilots encourages me to keep on goin'.
I'm a junior at Arizona State University pursuing a bacherlor's in Aeronautical Management Technology with a concentration in Profesional Flight. Mesa Airlines conducts our flight training through a subsidiary called Mesa Pilot Development. MPD functions as a 'bridge" between ASU graduates to Mesa Airlines. At the end of our four years, we interview with Mesa Airlines and look forward to flying as a first officer flying an ERJ 145 or CRJs 200/700/900s.
So far, the program has been promising and I would not have it any other way. The program is excellent. By next summer, I plan on obtaining my CFII certificate and Multi-Engine rating. MPD offers us the opportunity to instruct in your last year and half of school.
There's about five hispanics in the flight program - I'm the only Dominican. I feel quite proud of that - gotta represent. Where am I going with all this? Growing up I always wanted to be an airline pilot and I've been blessed with living in the U.S. a good part of my life to make that become more of a reality.
However, growing up as an aviation enthusiast I've never had any guidance as to how other Latino pilots have gone about flying for a living in the U.S.
Up until recently (this evening, actually), I was under the misconception that there weren't any Dominican pilots for any major U.S. airlines.
Essentially, I'd like to hear of any pilots out there in the community that can give me some guidance and offer up some good advice. Ideally, I'd like to build a connection with this pilots; hopefully, being able to "pick their brain"
about the airline industry and how they accomplished their goal.
Eventually, once I reach my goal of becoming an airline pilot, I'd like to give others guidance and show them ropes.
Any thoughts? Advice?
Cheers,
William