"flight school update!"
there are no words in the english language, or any other for that matter, to describe how excited and ecstatic i am right now.
i just got off the phone with aero academy here in london; i talked to a wonderful lady named sharon, who answered all my questions relating to their private pilot's license program. i first asked her when the next enrollment date was, and she basically told me i could start on any monday. the classes would be 7-10pm monday to friday for 14 weeks, and the cost would be about $250 per class. this would basically be the ground school. then i could do flight after completing ground school, or do it simultaneously while completing ground school.
i asked her about OSAP, and they said that they are no longer OSAP funded, so that was kind of disappointing. i then asked her about transportation, and she said that the students that don't have cars of their own take one of the oxford buses to the airport. that would definitely be doable for me, since i would have time to take the wonderland bus to oxford, and then take the oxford to the airport. it would be a lot of transferring, but it would be doable. the only problem would be getting home at night, but i could always take a cab or something. i don't know, i'll work that out.
so... provided my dad is able to work out the monetary aspect, then that means that I WILL BE ATTENDING FLIGHT SCHOOL SOON! :D
hence my excitement! :D
i have dreamed of this for SEVEN YEARS. my hands shake and my stomach churns with anticipation at the thought of my dreams becoming reality! just the thought of finally taking the first step in becoming a pilot makes me want to run around the apartment like a maniac screaming at the top of my lungs that soon i would be able to fly! not that i would do that, mind you...
seven years ago, my goal to become a pilot seemed so far away and unattainable. i came to london to try to attain that goal, and lost my way. even worse than that, i lost my confidence. it wasn't until a pilot from air canada came to speak to those in the aviation program (and those who had been), that my confidence was partially renewed. that pilot told me that there were other ways to get to where i wanted to be; i had known that before, but never really believed it. i thought that failing out of the aviation program first year was the destruction of my goal. but even after talking to that pilot, i still had my doubts.
so i plodded on through university, and eventually i finished, and still my goal seemed so far away. sure, in a few months i would officially have a degree once i graduated, but it wasn't an aviation degree; it wasn't at all related to becoming a pilot. and then, only a few months ago, my dad suggested that i look into getting my flight training done. i didn't think he was serious, so i dimissed the idea. but a few weeks later he brought it up again, and ensured me that he was serious, so long as he could afford paying for it and my living expenses.
and now today, i have just talked to a lady from aero academy, and let me tell you: my goal finally seems attainable. i certainly won't begin my flight training next monday, and probably not the monday after that, or maybe not any of the mondays this summer; but one thing's for sure: very soon, my flight training will begin. in fact, if not this summer, i will most likely begin my flight training in september, since if i work for the city of london or the city of elliot lake this summer, that's when my work period will end. so it would make sense to just jump right into flight training after that.
okay, i know the way i wrote that might have been a little dramatic, but i really had to write it all out. i needed to remind myself of the road that i've travelled, and how i'm finally about to reach my destination, my goal. it seems like the day i decided to become a pilot was ages ago, and not only seven years. i really hope that this time, things work out for me. i really hope that i'll be able to go to aero academy. because i really don't think i could wait any longer. seven years has been long enough.
so anyways, i have to call my dad tonight and tell him what i found out about aero academy, and then ask him if he's worked out the financial side of it all. i'm keeping my fingers crossed that he'll say that i'll be able to go! :D
i just got off the phone with aero academy here in london; i talked to a wonderful lady named sharon, who answered all my questions relating to their private pilot's license program. i first asked her when the next enrollment date was, and she basically told me i could start on any monday. the classes would be 7-10pm monday to friday for 14 weeks, and the cost would be about $250 per class. this would basically be the ground school. then i could do flight after completing ground school, or do it simultaneously while completing ground school.
i asked her about OSAP, and they said that they are no longer OSAP funded, so that was kind of disappointing. i then asked her about transportation, and she said that the students that don't have cars of their own take one of the oxford buses to the airport. that would definitely be doable for me, since i would have time to take the wonderland bus to oxford, and then take the oxford to the airport. it would be a lot of transferring, but it would be doable. the only problem would be getting home at night, but i could always take a cab or something. i don't know, i'll work that out.
so... provided my dad is able to work out the monetary aspect, then that means that I WILL BE ATTENDING FLIGHT SCHOOL SOON! :D
hence my excitement! :D
i have dreamed of this for SEVEN YEARS. my hands shake and my stomach churns with anticipation at the thought of my dreams becoming reality! just the thought of finally taking the first step in becoming a pilot makes me want to run around the apartment like a maniac screaming at the top of my lungs that soon i would be able to fly! not that i would do that, mind you...
seven years ago, my goal to become a pilot seemed so far away and unattainable. i came to london to try to attain that goal, and lost my way. even worse than that, i lost my confidence. it wasn't until a pilot from air canada came to speak to those in the aviation program (and those who had been), that my confidence was partially renewed. that pilot told me that there were other ways to get to where i wanted to be; i had known that before, but never really believed it. i thought that failing out of the aviation program first year was the destruction of my goal. but even after talking to that pilot, i still had my doubts.
so i plodded on through university, and eventually i finished, and still my goal seemed so far away. sure, in a few months i would officially have a degree once i graduated, but it wasn't an aviation degree; it wasn't at all related to becoming a pilot. and then, only a few months ago, my dad suggested that i look into getting my flight training done. i didn't think he was serious, so i dimissed the idea. but a few weeks later he brought it up again, and ensured me that he was serious, so long as he could afford paying for it and my living expenses.
and now today, i have just talked to a lady from aero academy, and let me tell you: my goal finally seems attainable. i certainly won't begin my flight training next monday, and probably not the monday after that, or maybe not any of the mondays this summer; but one thing's for sure: very soon, my flight training will begin. in fact, if not this summer, i will most likely begin my flight training in september, since if i work for the city of london or the city of elliot lake this summer, that's when my work period will end. so it would make sense to just jump right into flight training after that.
okay, i know the way i wrote that might have been a little dramatic, but i really had to write it all out. i needed to remind myself of the road that i've travelled, and how i'm finally about to reach my destination, my goal. it seems like the day i decided to become a pilot was ages ago, and not only seven years. i really hope that this time, things work out for me. i really hope that i'll be able to go to aero academy. because i really don't think i could wait any longer. seven years has been long enough.
so anyways, i have to call my dad tonight and tell him what i found out about aero academy, and then ask him if he's worked out the financial side of it all. i'm keeping my fingers crossed that he'll say that i'll be able to go! :D