I'm 25. Although I've always been an aviation buff since I was young, I've only ever worked as a server at a restaurant. At the time I started doing it, it was great money (especially as a first job). Unfortunately for me, I've never been quite the go-getter as far as life goes, and so I got complacent. Plus, to add on to it, the eustachian tubes in my ears are more narrow than normal, making ascending and descending in a plane quite painful...and to add onto that, I believe I have a chronic sinus infection which won't seem to go away. I understand there is a surgery to correct the problem with my ears, but I don't know if that'll fix the discomfort I experience.
When I was 20 years old, I heard about the CTI (Collegiate Training Initiative) program for air traffic control. Since I didn't believe I could fly, and it would still be in the aviation field, I went for that and obtained a scholarship. Took the two-year course and graduated 3 years ago. Ever since then I'd been waiting for the FAA to start hiring. On Feb. 10th of this year they opened their application process, and like many other qualified CTI grads, I didn't get past the bio questionnaire.
So here I am. I've contemplated for 2 months now about what I want to do with my life. I cannot think of anything. Any 9-5 job that has to do with sitting at a desk I simply don't think I could bear. Nothing at all interests me, except aircraft and flying. I don't think I'd want to even go for airline pilot. Maybe just flying for a smaller company. Maybe a lesser, decent job. I don't know.
I'm still a server and my income is not great. I have about $3,500-$4,000 saved up to my name. I know it's expensive, but I want to go for the flight training and get my certifications. I've no idea how I'm to go about it, which is why I've come here. Are there certain loans I can obtain? What can I possibly do to attain possibly the only thing I can imagine myself doing with my life?
When I was 20 years old, I heard about the CTI (Collegiate Training Initiative) program for air traffic control. Since I didn't believe I could fly, and it would still be in the aviation field, I went for that and obtained a scholarship. Took the two-year course and graduated 3 years ago. Ever since then I'd been waiting for the FAA to start hiring. On Feb. 10th of this year they opened their application process, and like many other qualified CTI grads, I didn't get past the bio questionnaire.
So here I am. I've contemplated for 2 months now about what I want to do with my life. I cannot think of anything. Any 9-5 job that has to do with sitting at a desk I simply don't think I could bear. Nothing at all interests me, except aircraft and flying. I don't think I'd want to even go for airline pilot. Maybe just flying for a smaller company. Maybe a lesser, decent job. I don't know.
I'm still a server and my income is not great. I have about $3,500-$4,000 saved up to my name. I know it's expensive, but I want to go for the flight training and get my certifications. I've no idea how I'm to go about it, which is why I've come here. Are there certain loans I can obtain? What can I possibly do to attain possibly the only thing I can imagine myself doing with my life?
