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Old 13th Feb 2019, 07:35
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Originally Posted by a-ricky-town
[...] the prospect of flying the 320 back and forth always to the same destinations until I retire is not enticing at all. [...]
Depending on what type of operation you end up in GA this could be exactly the same without the more secure background of a big airline.

If you fly for an owner exclusively it could be that he is going between a hand full places 90% of the time, f.ex. home in UK, yacht in Nice, summer house in Ibiza. Thats it.
The other 10%, which is not much considering you will be only flying about 300h TT per year, are other destinations like ski holiday once per year, race track visits, wedding anniversary for a weekend.

It will be more diverse in a charter only operation, but again, rich people tend to go where other rich people are - and you end up in the same places with some new places inbetween.
And all that for the cost of a more secure job at an airline.

I met several guys that cut their airline job to somewhat 50% and went freelance GA flying during the other 50%. Maybe thats an option for you as well.
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