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Old 13th October 2022 | 20:54
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Chris the Robot
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Looking at the economy I reckon it's not a good time to start commercial pilot training in Europe full-stop. It looks like we're about to have a major cost-of-living crisis resulting in a recession and since flying for both leisure and business is discretionary, people will cut back on flights.

If have the funds for integrated training, then it's worth looking at a tagged scheme, though most of these involve the MPL licence which has its own pitfalls.

The only place in the Western world where it appears to be a decent time to start at commercial flying career at the moment is the US, where there is a current pilot shortage.

Edited to add:
Modular training spread over a few years may still be worth it, so long as you take it slowly. If you do go down this route, make sure you pay as you fly, as has already been suggested never pay large amounts upfront. Regarding integrated training, a lot of the training schools have relied on parents remortgaging their homes to support the career aspirations of their offspring. If mortgage rates keep rising, this part of the supply to the inetgrated flight schools may well dry up.

Last edited by Chris the Robot; 14th October 2022 at 13:33.
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