Originally Posted by
P40Warhawk
Yes absolutely true.
I finished in 2013. The market was horrendous.
Send out like 350 applications in the first year. All custimized to the particular airline I was applying for so not just copy paste. I only received a handful generic e mails back stating they are looking for pilots with experience or they were not looking for pilots at the time. Very very depressing, but I decided to apply for a job as FA. Got myself a job as an FA in a small operator which was flying the Dash for a big European Airline. After some time I moved to that mainline as FA on Airbus. Saddly they went bust.
In meanwhile I kept applying. My first assessments I had in 2017. Saddly not succesful or succesful but still didnt get the job. I was about to give up until I got another shot beginning of 2018. There I got the job on a B737.
P40 Warhawk, thank you for sharing your story, and well done for hanging in there and making it happen.
Do you think your experience as a flight attendent helped to get the job and show employers that you were still trying to keep in touch and not give up?
Would you mind sharing how and where you trained e.g. modular/integrated wich school (I'm not going to hijack this thread with this question but good to have context in relation to your story), how you performed during training etc?
What alternative ways of building experience did you look for?
did you apply for flight instructor jobs also?
Also I notice your location is germany is this where you are from or where you live at the moment - where are you from btw?