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Old 16th Sep 2021, 04:41
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Climb150
 
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I was in a very similar spot in 2008 when I got my CPL. It was just as the GFC hit and there were no jobs for a very long time. I didn't land my first GA job til 2010 and it was very tough to stay motivated.

I got offered a couple of "jobs" that were really work for free as you were paid per hour to fly (which was only 3 or 4 hours weekly) but the rest of the week you were expected to work in the office or hangar for no pay.

I kept my medical and IR current and would fly an hour a month (sometimes two) just to stay in practice. I didn't buy any 206 time or do an instructor rating. The persistence paid off but not before 3 people I trained with had already given up.

Avaitiaon is a marathon not a sprint so stop being in such a rush.
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