Originally Posted by
freshy1234
This is the way. Sell ya stuff, pack up ya car and drive to Broome/Kununurra/Darwin. It's the way I did it in the early 2010's and it's the way it's been done for decades.
Move into a sharehouse, work in the pub, get to know the pilots. Get to know the right people and you'll have a job. Be ready to move wherever they send you.
Tried and true.
However, as the OP is in his 40’s he may not be an easy fit in a share house full of 20 year old party animals.
On the plus side, an owner-operator just might be comfortable with a mature addition to the ranks of said party animals. I take it that young pilots do still party these days…?