Newer Beginnings

It has been just under a month since this blog was first published and since then I have either had very little to say or almost no time to say it in. Unfortunately it was mostly the latter. My intent is to make a journal of sorts, a journal which details my experiences as I work towards and ultimately earn my commercial pilots license. I doubt that this blog will be of any interest to anyone in the general internet community though I hope it may offer some amusing reminiscing of training days gone by for more experienced pilots and possibly encouragement to fellow student pilots.

I am just finishing up my first 16 weeks of ground school, which takes place for 3 hours once a week in the evening. Its been a positive experience, as I found that almost all the topics covered were familiar and nothing was new and confusing. Obviously 10+ years of MS Flight Simulator has not gone to waste.

I guess it would be good to do a mini autobiography. Born in Fort Nelson, B.C. I moved to Edmonton Alberta at the age of 3. Raised in a perfectly normal quite suburb I was quite competent though out my schooling. I joined air cadets in grade 8 which for the most part was a positive experience. After leaving high school I worked as a computer tech for a major retailer then in the hopes of making more money sooner I moved on to become an electrical apprentice which I did for a while until I decided that it would be better to just brute force my way through flight school . I now work for a major Canadian airline as a ramp agent which I feel has taught me invaluable experience in airport operations. Also there is nothing better then marshalling out a 737-700 at the break of dawn.

I hope to be logging hours in the next few weeks so I will be posting lots of pictures and details of what I hope will become an exciting and rewarding career move.