Ehab Jawad
01-13-2016
AVT 422
Personal Introduction
After high school I wasn't sure what
type of career I wanted in the future. when I graduated I took a two years off
of college to work and think to myself what exactly it was I wanted to do. I
always knew I had an extreme amount of passion for flying and aviation, so I
took my brothers advice to look for any aviation school. I did my research on
different schools and my best option was eastern Michigan's program (not just
because it was closest to my home). So immediately I applied to the school and
signed up for the program. I had no previous knowledge whatsoever about
aviation, I was just always very interested in flying.
Once I began the program I was
overwhelmed by how much there is to learn about the industry, not just flying
itself. I started flight training with the school and knew this was exactly
what I wanted to do. However the more I began to attend different courses and
fly the more I learned about different positions in the industry, not just
being a pilot. After about 3 semesters into the program I had a change of heart
on what I wanted to do with my career in aviation. Even though I started this
program with the hopes of one day becoming a commercial pilot I started
becoming very interested in other positions. From working within the airports with
management or even one day possibly owning my own flight school. This program
helped my passion grow for aviation so I decided to look for jobs that were
aviation related.
After a few months of flight training
with the school, I went broke very quickly. I didn't realize how expensive it
was to fund the training so I knew I had to work twice as hard to finish
training. Unfortunately I was never able to get approved for loans so this made
my training more difficult. I knew I had two work many hours and eventually
this caught up with me very quickly causing me to be very inconsistent with my
private pilot training. I found a job at a nearby FBO in Ann Arbor at the Ann
Arbor Municipal Airport.
I landed a job at the aviation center
flight school which helped me learn even more about FBO's and different types
of services that are offered, I met many interested pilots and hardworking
people in the industry. Giving me a different perspective on what it really
takes to make it in this industry. Sadly this job wasn't enough for me and
since then I have still been working on my private pilot’s license.
However I never stopped even though I
became inconsistent with my training, I made sure to keep up with my studies. I
recently took my private pilot written exam scoring a 92 on my first try. I
hope I will eventually be more financially stable as I continue to look for
better jobs with better pay that way I can fund the rest of my training. I look
forward to becoming an eastern Michigan graduate with a bachelors in aviation
flight tech as I am coming closer to graduating.
