I finished my training in 2018, nothing happened for a year, then I joined a company where the TR was self sponsored.
At the end of the TR, after a huge amount of money spent, the pandemic came, I didn't fly a single hour.
I found myself on the ground, like other thousands of pilots, doing a completely different job for a year and a half, with a ridiculous salary.
After the pandemic, the airline where I paid the TR called me to start the Line Training, and in 2022 I passed an assessment in another one, much better, with a permanent contract.
I did good ? I did wrong ? I don’t know, I just know I’m happy now.
I found loads of people telling me to give up in aviation, to do something else, but I didn't listen to them, I insisted, and it worked fine.
I went through moments of great distress, but now I can say that it was worth it
For me it took 4 years, but with the pandemic in between.