Originally Posted by
Wirbelsturm
Don't touch aviation with a barge pole. Thankfully my son listened when we advised him to go to University before looking at some sort of cadet scheme.
Even when this mess blows over the unscrupulous accountants egged on by even more unscrupulous management will decimate terms and conditions to remove any 'benefit' from an already tiring and stressful job.
Go become a plumber.
Future Payscales will have 787 captains on £35k a year tops and first officers on £15k tops. It'll be a close call between becoming a pilot or an Uber driver (but then again, Uber probably won't survive this either). Plumber. Electrician, Chippy, Fruit Picker OR a PHD in AI, Astrophysics or Life Sciences.