So you want to be an airline pilot

[mnewbery]

So, you want to be an airline pilot? - Airline Pilot Central Forums

 

This would actually suck

 

 

[nomadpete]

A worthwhile read.

 

Thanks for the link.

 

 

[rgmwa]

I wanted to be a `real' pilot when I was young, but then life went in a different direction. Now I'm just an average amateur pilot and while that link is probably overly pessimistic, I'm glad things turned out the way they did.

 

rgmwa

 

 

[mnewbery]

Same forum I was reading the stuff people were going through in 2006 just to get to a job that would pay off their debts. Even since 2013 a lot has changed.

 

But a dog is a dog and many still have fleas. The next SARS/outrage plot/political upset/volcanic eruption comes along and the cycle will go again.

 

Still, three vacuum cleaners and a closet with a poster in it might sound like a pretty good Saturday night to some folk

 

 

[pmccarthy]

I was disappointed when I didn't get that Qantas Cadetship in 1967. Since then I have had a lifetime of fun flying and think myself so lucky that I didn't get it.

 

 

[Yenn]

I made the correct decision 50 years ago when I completed the commercial theory and decided to remain a PPL and enjoy the job I had. I didn't fancy flying people to a remote strip, waiting 5 hours in the heat, flies and dust then flying them back to civilisation.

 

 

[Bennyboy320]

It’s not the career it used to be, feel sorry for the people joining Airlines these days on sub standard conditions of service, only 2,803 days to retirement, but who’s counting.