Originally Posted by
rudestuff
Take everything with a pinch of salt. Not everyone has the ability, aptitude or perseverance to become a professional pilot. Someone has to come bottom of the class or get straight 75s in their ATPLs. There are plenty of people that probably shouldn't be in an airliner but are because they bought themselves a licence and got lucky. It's a spectrum. Be at the other end of it.
Remember also it's a cyclical business; a lot of people miss-time it, miss the wave then give up because they can't wait for the next one. Right now it's the perfect time to start paddling, but be quick.
Rudestuff I wish I would have came across your posts a lot earlier! Learned so much already from a handful of your posts.
As someone who is ready to embark on the PPL journey - I am realising having an aircraft free to book, along with a flight instructor, at the weekends (I work mon-fri), at my local flying club is a lot more challenging than anticipated and its not going to be as simple as completing a weekly lesson with them. So I'm beginning to look elsewhere and I noticed you mentioned USA, specifically Florida, to complete PPL - have you any suggestions of flying clubs/schools in the USA that I could research. Thanks in advance