Virginia GED Success Story 4

[leonoff89]

wow henrico thats my hometown/county very inspirational story

[simfgta]

LIIEEE!!!! you dont need any professional or superior education to posses any type of aviation license!!! u can still be in highschool and you can have a private pilot license, so yeah! airline pilot is all beacuase of her not cus of her GED

[phantom0482]

@simfgta you are right... but no airline will hire you unless you poses a college degree.... that is where the GED helped go to college and get the degree which finally lead her to the Airline Career....

[simfgta]

@phantom0482 not really, i know tons of pilots that never went to college and are captains in airlines... now if you wish to apply just out of flight school with the minimum requirements well yes they want to see a higher education degree

[mad4you1000]

shes pretty.

[MrClayton174]

lol i love how people hate on her. JEALOUS!!

[ryanair737400]

her trousers are pulled up way to far

[navajopa31]

How did she pay for all the ratings she has? You are talking about serious money.

[macerator15]

so what learjetjock is saying is that over time airlines will be shouting out for pilots? does this mean competitiveness will fall? i really hope so! my one dream is to be an airline pilot! flying is in my blood, but the furthest ive got so far is a c152 :D ill spare the life story :)

[737747757767777787]

TheBasketball5135... YOU are an idiot

[qolaxbenchwarmer07]

Shes probly furloughed lol...

[methow]

GED, BS, BA, ya gotta have a degree to fly commercially with a major airline. Idiots you say? What do you know. A monkey can fly an approach on a clear day. How about a 100 foot overcast with 1 quarter mile visibility, a hydraulic system failing and a 20 knot crosswind. Skeptics shut up. When the chips are down your safety depends on the pilot whose professionalism will keep your ass safe.

[Learjetjock]

I do not know where you obtained your information from but at the major I am with I know many pilots who do not have a degree. A degree makes you competitive. PIC time and a clean green card are what earn the job.

[methow]

Obtaining my information: Well, start with a bachelor's degree in 1971, then 7 years as a Navy pilot and 30 years with American airlines - retiring as a 777 captain. There were a *few* non-degreed pilots when I was hired in 1978, but few -if any- now because they are not competitive in a job interview. PIC time is a given... without that, you don't get the interview.

[Learjetjock]

I agree it is not competative generally speaking but no one is following the path to flying anymore really when you talk to people in school. The reason is there is no payoff anymore. Let's face it. Right now to get into a major for most is a distant dream. Everyone hired recently at Regionals is going to be there a long time and no one wants to give up seinority. So, by the time the genration beginning to retire now goes there will be a huge hole and noone is really going to be there to fill it

[rippin187]

THERE IS NO PILOT SHORTAGE, NEVER WAS and NEVER WILL BE!

[Learjetjock]

@rippin187 I beg to differ. Right now there isnt. But in the future there will be because no one wants to piss their life away as an RJ pilot for 10 years than go tho the back of the bus at a major when they get there. If I had to do it all over today I'd rather be that air freshener in a urinal than an airline pilot starting out or even a five year F/O at a regional.

[bennyworldwide]

Most of the pilots at my current airline have degrees. Not having one is a foolish mistake.

[ShootBigBird]

About as useful as a Russian University Degree.

[mrman26]

So she can fly a plane, but how are her social skills? Home Schooling is a joke.

[d0rkiishchris]

I'd rather be able to fly a plane than have any social skills whatsoever.

[rippin187]

Don't say that!

[beergut111]

you idiots pay 100k for a job that pays 18k, then you go out fly like shit cause you suck at it. That is why the pay sucks....because YOU accept the job. Stop accepting the job and the pay will go up.

[N44949]

idiots huh . . . a pilot that starts at an airplane can make 25k a year. at the end of 20 years they can be making 200k a year.

[TheBasketball5135]

these guys are idiots they don't know anything they probably sit in a cubicle punching computer keys all day making minimum wage

[beergut111]

lol....thats so funny.

[dingoklectos]

I agree 20 years of poverty wage (living below the poverty line) is a big waste of my life (God forbid I won't die in a crash in the 20 years). Pilots NEED more pay, at least 50-60k/yr with all the added benefits ( free accomodation at the airport, etc). Its a shame that this job is severely exploited and undermined by the regional airlines.

I wanted to be a pilot but when I see the garbage wage, I'd rather work in McDonalds doing far easier things!!

[RayAir1]

Yep, regional pay suxx.

[N520UP]

People willing to do it for next to nothing is part of the reason the airline pilot career is in such a sorry ass state.

[TheBasketball5135]

yeah, I fly not because I want to make a lot of money. I fly because it's a passion for me I love it. 100k - 200k a year isn't bad by the way

[rickbar123]

how about a kiss baby

[Spec62]

She's working. She's not furloughed. That's a reason for optimism. Others are wishing THEY were in her shoes. Cmon now, don't hate!

[rjpilot]

You're right.

[dantos777]

hahaha all those degrees and shes a first officer making less than $20k a year flying the regionals

[kdes]

aviation is for passion not for money ;)

[JSAirways]

I agree! I would even work as a pilot for free!

[pythos1]

Really? You'd fly for free?

ARe you some kind of idiot? First off how the hell would you pay your education bills for all the training you had to do to become such a pilot, let alone all the other bills you have? What get a second job?

It is numb skulls like you that make it seem alright that somebody who has lives in their hands as well as the saftey of a very expensive machine, get paid squat.

Pride only goes so far.

[JSAirways]

wow. What a cold response... I was only expressing how much I love to fly. As kdes said, "aviation is for passion not for money."

And who knows! Maybe i'll win in the lottery some day, and will have enough money to pay for all of those things you listed... ;D

It's people like you, with no imagination, that make this world such a dull place... ;D lol

happy landings

[pythos1]

It would be really nice to do that which you love, and not have to worry about bills, and rent, and other stuff.

What happy land do you live then, I would very much like to move there.

[JSAirways]

if there's something u'd like to tell me, then say it.

[pythos1]

There is nothing I'd like to tell you. I just want to know where in this country you can leave a decent life when not flying, when getting paid nothing for your work. You said you would happily fly for nothing. Well right now there are pilots getting paid 20k for flying regional, and they have not won the lottery. With your way of thinking only the very rich or lottery winners would be able to fly.

[JSAirways]

u just don't get it! I didn't mean it literally! U obviously have no imagination and even less sense of humor.

And btw I live in germany. Here u get paid by the government or state, whatever u want to call it, if u don't have a job.

So, being so realistic and without any imagination or sense of humor as u seem to be, one could actually declare the flying as volountary work and get financial help from the government/state...

[pythos1]

Ah, well that changes everything.

That is cool.

I would love to be able to do that.

Here in the states. If you don't make the money to pay the bills. Your screwed. Really screwed. Unless you qualify for welfare (have no job, no income, and kids) you are shit outta luck.

What you have is frankly wonderful to me.

And I am not kidding.

In that case you just gave, I wouldn't mind flying for little or nothing.

sorry for the angst there.

[destin325]

id have to say you are right....with the US national average of a professional pilot at 24,000 a year....it would certainly have to be only about flying and not the money. Even a 1st officer for Delta only makes about 45,000 a year.

i too enjoy flying and have NO intentions of making a career out of it. ....its about getting away and being concentrated on the matter at hand while being alone in a setting that is nothing short of amazing.

[buzzindozen]

A insperation for me.

[Learjetjock]

She flys for Colgan. And yes she is spanking hot.

[SCE2AUX]

No relation to Justin, I presume?

[RobertGary1]

If she hadn't have gotten pregnent in high school she wouldn't have needed a GED.

[spinspilot85]

now thats funny

[mrb89]

G. E. D. stands for Good Enough Dummy

[Wrahns]

Well dont see her making 10,000 dollars a day as a model!

[MasterOgeo]

yeah Highschool too much a aint even passing.

[islandhopper2]

Kinda hot...

[Wrahns]

Lucky she can fly, cuz she is butt ugly

[Keys879]

How does holding the ability to fly her and finding her unattractive go together? I don't see where the two influence the other...

[pilotboyohio]

she hot

[p4pAguerrido]

$62.00 With air Wis

[thatwaseasy61]

She's a captain for Air Wisconsin. She does a good job.

[Learjetjock]

Actually, she flys with Colgan or at least did last time I saw this chick. She was flying under USAirways Express banner (refrence the sholdar boards) though. Her parents were probably a bunch of po dunk imbreads holy rolling like balls.

[wndshr]

That's a shame....too bad it wasn't 3 hole punch

[flyerfella08]

I went to flightschool with her. Her nickname was "two hole punch"....seriously.

[xxxSPODIExxx]

She isn't a high school dropout. She was home schooled and therefore did not receive a diploma. All it took was three seconds of google search to find this out.

Of course, why waste three seconds of your time to find out the facts when it takes less than a second to just be a dick.

[ZeroLinkForever]

Sorry I have to reply to this, for some reason I don't see any other place I can post. Any who, home schooling is better for education imo. Now these days, schools just give out diplomas just to pass the students. I know ALOOT of kids that graduated, yet can't read or spell on a 5th grade level. Its sad, but true. It just shows you that just because you got your education a different way other than high school, doesn't mean you're slow.

[wndshr]

Wow...another wonderful way to promote the image of our profession.

[captdpz4shizzy]

Hope she has fun making only $20,000 a year, as a Co-Pilot, with a Regional Airline!

[DLskills]

What a nutjob. Can you say rug muncher? I'd be embarassed if I ever had to work with her. I would not get on a plane that she was flying either. I bet she thinks she is hot, but really---shes not.

WOW---AIR WASHINGTON COLLEGE? What is that like the equivilent to a GED? You test out of college and they call it "air washington?"

[flyinawa]

I'd hit it.

[FlightFollowing]

Mary Washington college you idiot. Two degree's and a GED is really good. Give credit when credit is due.

[dumboe8899]

She WENT to college. That puts her in the top 25% of Americans.

[stamp670]

Mary Washington College, Einstein.

[rapidcolt]

@DLskills yea who the hell are you d-bag? this chick has commercial, ATP, and flight instructor for instrument and many others. You can look her certificate up online with the FAA. How far have you gotten in your career? Are you flying airplanes?

[rootbeer4969]

Only in America can someone come from such a humble educational background (a GED is for high-school dropouts to "get something" to show they have at least some education), get into college, earn two degrees and eventually end up on the flightdeck of an airliner. This woman is exceptional. She had it in her all along to become something truly fabulous. God bless her and may God continue to bless America. I doubt this would happen in France or Biafra.

[stamp670]

A GED is not just for high school dropouts. They can be issued for those in home schooling, individual education plans, and other reasons that preclude someone from receiving a regular high school diploma. The GED is no joke. It's 5 difficult tests, and you don't pass unless you're on your game. But you're right, she is exceptional.

[rootbeer4969]

It is obvious you are an educated person. I detect not one spelling or grammatical error in your reply. It is so refreshing to read well-written English these days...

[RS3n]

"It is obvious you are an educated person"? This sentence contains 45 words. High school is usually two words. 'End up' should be simply 'end', "flightdeck" should be two words and I'd delete the word 'truly'. But then again I'm a 9th grade drop out; what do I know.

[AveIvy]

Exactly. If you can pass the GED, you'll breeze through the SAT test.

[sashatoma]

stupid how high school dropouts can get those

[driverblue1]

Highschool is a waste of time.

[driverblue1]

Whatever, it's eighth grade level stuff.

[phobal]

ah that's some fine french elitist attitude. say, how is the french economy or those french-albanians in the parisian suburbs doing? i hear airbus is doing REALLY well! *insert price is right loser clip*

[Learjetjock]

I will take her in the crew room with that sweet ass southern drawl.

[pilotoenrique]

You know, when I first saw that video, I thought to myself WTF! But you know, at least she did something instead of being a deadbeat and then went on to higher education. Good for her.

[FSApilot07]

you dont need anything to become a Private pilot and such..however if you want to be hired on, then your going to need a High School Diploma..or even a degree...whether it be an Associate or Bacholers degree.

[morrisonak]

do you even need a GED to be a pilot these days?

[marick626]

no, but if you want to be hired you do. I dont need to take a GED though (I take SAT) but yeah, most of the big airlines requier a college degree.Being a pilot is not like working at Macdonalds let me tell ya.

[Mjfan771]

Ha,if u fly irish weather u dont need amy degree......Ryanair hire on de spot with atp lience....:)

[tathepilot]

those epps, are waaaay to big...

[Jetsmd1420]

Looks like Mesa Airlines uniform. Worst airline ever.

[archer49d]

No there's worse airlines than Mesa, few but there are... American Eagle comes to mind.

[Jetsmd1420]

Disagree. EAgle is the largest regional in the US. They have excellent training, very experienced captains, and good work rules. Their upgrade time is forever, but at least it is a respected carrier. Mesa undercuts the whole industry, bottom-feeders! PAy is crap, planes are crap, management is crap. Tell an airline pilot you work for mesa and instantly get a nasty look.

[phobal]

why would a pilot give someone a nasty look over that? is it like war, where american airlines are like the allied and british airways are the axis? they're your sworn enemy that must be exterminated? lawlz.