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Old 1st May 2024 | 10:26
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Pilot DAR
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Welcome Adi,

Our moderation team may select a more appropriate forum for your question, but for now, we'll let it rest here for those who might offer an opinion.

My thoughts; It's a large investment in training, so be ready to fund that. Before making that investment in yourself, make sure your medical fitness is good, and likely to stay that way. It's bad, when you make that investment in training, then suffer a medical problem which sidelines you from flying. Then consider how (where) to undertake initial training and skill building, which you have to fund, and possible early experience building jobs to get where you ultimately want to be. One wise addition to initial flight training is to spend as much time "hanging around" the airport doing the dirty jobs with airplanes, just to get to know the airplanes, and get to be known by the local airplane maintainers and owners. There's lots to be learned on the sidelines too, if you invest the time. There certainly is a growing worldwide need for pilots, so it's worth consideration if all of the other factors line up for you.

Good luck!
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