Thread: Fed up.

Judging from some of the replies, people seem to think I expect everything handed to me on a plate. If you knew me you'd know this isn't the case at all. I've not had it mega hard, I admit, but I have worked my arse off working a shit job for peanuts to pay for flying lessons. So when people insinuate that I'm lazy and want everything handed to me, that annoys me. Yeah I want advice and any help would be great!, who...

Hi Mike172, Reading some of the posts here is making me feel uneasy. Guys have been recounting what crap jobs they have had to do and for how many years they have had to do them just in order to get that commercial licence. Don't get me wrong, these people deserve the UTMOST respect and GENUINE admiration. Every one of these people THOROUGHLY DESERVES the success he/she has achieved. However, when reading each story I can't help...

There seem to be a few www sites of companies working in airports or partnering with airports to deliver services that have contact points for jobs Vacancies Might be worth making contact and seeing what they can offer and getting your name known if a job comes up.

Further to my earlier post - it was 24 before I finally got my CPL, then there was a slump and it then took me another 18 months or so before getting a reasonable job (Air taxi) and it was not until I was 30 that I finally joined an Airline flying Shorts 360 and 2+ more years before starting on Jets so you have time yet

Quote: What sometimes pisses me off is that people put qualifications above enthusiasm, passion and commitment. Actually an employer is interested in none of those other than as proxies for "can this person do the job and make me a profit better than any of the other candidates?". Once Upon A Time I took a punt and hired someone keen who didn't have the usually expected qualifications - never again!!

Hi Mike, It is nice to hear some enthusiasm from a future airline pilot. Too bad there aren't more like that. I started as a hangar rat, extra hand for the engineers and refueller and got a good few hours from owners and club members for cleaning and all the usual odd jobs. I left college to do that for 50 squid a week and half an hour in the book. Excellent experience. But it still took 10 years, also with other jobs like waiting,...

Quote: Is somebody with a degree automatically a better candidate than me? Probably yes if you are looking for a doctor, an engineer a lawyer.......etc. It does show that they have applied themselves, taken out a student loan and lived on not much money for 3-4 yrs while they studied.... I'd call that enthusiasm, passion and commitment. You need to think how you can demonstrate similar enthusiasm, passion and commitment to someone in...

It is such a shame that seemingly so few pilots put any value on the advantages of owning a share in an aeroplane, no matter what it is and what you use it for. It is such a great way to get around and put some affordable consolidation in your logbook post flight test for example - if you are after more hours. Or simply a great way to see the country and enjoy the priviledges of your PPL, in the knowledge that you are saving huge amounts of...

Just a suggestion.... How about getting yourself an A/G licence and doing the radio at your (or a) local airfield? It won't cost you much, you'll be in the environment and earning a few quid to boot. Be sociable and keen, and you might just make a useful contact here and there. At that level, no airfield operator is going to mind if your ambition ultimatley is to fly. You're a useful stop-gap. Ten years ago, I worked at an...

Quote: I often wish I was born 50 years ago where a pilot could start out by sweeping hangars or cleaning aircraft. I think it still happens like this sometimes and I know one lad who went from hanger sweeping to the RAF. I have to say that I agree to an extent with sternone, though I am a) too old by far to be a commercial pilot anyway and b) in a very well paid non aviation career which funds my flying. If you really have a passion then you...