I am a 31 year old freelance software developer hoping to fly commercially. Fortunately, I've got enough of work to keep my busy and I can dip in and out of it as per my requirements. So, in this respect I am very lucky.
Obviously the current situation is far from ideal and nobody knows when or how well the industry will recover. We can speculate and I'd hope that between 1 and 2 years things will have smoothed out. However, I recently finished my ATPLs and am currently scheduled to do my CPL/ME/IR full time beginning next month.
I am trying to decide whether to simply carry on as scheduled and get my licences and ratings so that I am ready to go when things do pick-up or whether to delay my trading until things pick-up. I'd need to keep the ME/IR current as I'd only be flying SEPs after qualifying if I have no job. I can do one year in a sim and the next year in an aircraft which is fine.
Last edited by onedaypro; 12th Mar 2020 at 22:39.