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Old 21st Oct 2020, 14:49
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PilotLZ
 
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Exactly. Working as a pilot for free is not sustainable for any longer than your savings last. I wonder if anyone of those who would be up for it has considered what's it like to work a couple of days of earlies with 12 hours between them (or even 10 hours if out of base). When are you going to sleep if you also need to work a second job? Not to mention that in this industry only the lucky few get to be based in their home cities and a huge fraction need to commute between cities and even countries (and that's not cheap either unless there's an airline paying for your tickets or a good contractual rate if you're paying for it yourself). So, anyone considering it seriously will likely fail the psychological assessment on grounds of not being able to provide a realistic evaluation of his/her own physiological capabilities, especially in the part concerning the need for sleep.
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