Industrial Romanticism

I know, I'm taking a bit of a head start, but I just felt I needed to write something down as today marked the day I signed the papers for the studies and for my new flat.

On my way to Tampere to sign the papers

The building with my room

Well... About the "flat" I need to elaborate a little. It's a single. Just one small room with a bed and a desk. I'll get here a picture of my "workstation" once I've set it up in the coming weeks, but I think I'll set up my Flight Simulator gear there to get myself some "productive" past time activity to work on in the evenings. Now the location of the flat is somewhat remote to say the least. 

The view from the room

The view from my window (pictured on the right) is what I branded "a prime example of industrial romanticism" as it offers an excellent view to the rail yard. Downsides of course being that I won't be enjoying a view and there might be some sounds of trains passing by. On the upside, I will not likely be tempted by the nightlife of Tampere, which I hear is pretty great by what I hear.

Now, to the main thing. Once again, no pictures were taken, and I now realize I should've, but I visited the school in it's new premises. As I had signed the papers, I got a tour around the building and I've got to say, the new premises are amazing in comparison to the old, which weren't too bad either. They now have two DA42 simulators (FBS) and will be getting the new Airbus 320 FBS at the school next month. If I'm lucky, that'll be what I'm doing my MCC (Multi Crew Cockpit) course flight training on. REALLY looking forwards to that. But that time will be sometime next January or February.

A320 FBS system also to be set up at the school. LOOK AT ALL THEM SWITCHES!
(Picture from the site of the manufacturer)

I'll be receiving my online study material tomorrow and will probably start on it all already tomorrow. Motivation is pretty darned high at the moment and I'm really much looking forward to getting back in the saddle. It's been way too long and finally getting to study full time again is a blast.

PS. I'm starting to stack up quite the list of things I need to take pictures of and post... The study schedule, the workstation, the school... Well. I'll get me paparazzi on soon enough. Promise.

Getting back into the saddle - A.K.A. Blogger attempt numéro deux

So yeah... That happened. The old blog that I started pretty much died.

Life, as it has a weird tendency to do, came into the way of, well, everything.

I won't go too much into detail, but the gist of it is as follows.
Life, blah blah blah, no money, blah blah, work, no time for studies because of work, blah blah, alternative work, blah blah, making arrangements for continuing and finishing up studies, blah blah blah, success.

Now, when I say success, I mean, I got the preparations done for me to continue, and truly finish, my studies and achieve the dream of an ATPL.

"So what's going on now?" you ask.

Exactly one week from now, I will be free from my current job and will return to studies full time. As my school had to move due to some shady local politics here in the Greater Helsinki Area(GHA), the studies will continue at Tampere-Pirkkala Airport, where the school has new and shiny premises as well as a few new aircraft. This off course called for me to make living arrangements in the city of Tampere, and luckily enough, I found a place the very same day I started looking for it.

So what does full time studying exactly mean in this case. Well, as the studies will be done in periods of two weeks in classroom and two(-ish) weeks away, I'll be spending some of the time back home in GHA(in my mind pronounced like a feral language or an orc for those fantasy literature fans out there might find familiar; "GHAAAAAAA!!").

I've created myself a quite strict timetable for the independent studies done here in GHA, to make sure that as little slacking as possible would occur. Basically, my days will be full workdays from 07:00 to 17:00 Monday through Friday. Weekends I've left for R&R (Rest and Recuperation) as any mind will need some time off as well. Also I've made physical exercise an integral part of my timetables in order to make sure that I don't fall out of shape, I stay in shape and that my mind stays focused. I'll be posting an example of my typical GRA weeks timetable here when I have time.

As for posting schedule, I'll try to update weekly, or if something of note happens. At least so until graduation. Then, at some point I might start updating on my search for a job, and hopefully at some point, the training at the company it self.

Wish me luck.

PS. I've hidden all the old postings as they would most likely just confuse anyone reading. Sorry peeps.

PPS. This blog is now more of a tool for myself to see how well I stick to my schedule, more than for anyone else. If you have any questions though, please do not hesitate to ask in the comments. I'll answer to the best of knowledge.