Originally Posted by
nickyfly
Hi everyone, as the title says, I haven't been flying for almost 5 years now, fresh from flight school, I didn't manage to find a job in 2019, COVID hit, and due to personal and financial reasons, all this time has passed.
Things have changed now, I've saved up some money again and I'm looking to get back into flying and renew my MEP IR.
Has anyone been in a similar situation?
Would you suggest a book to use as a general "refresher"?
At the moment I'm using aviation exam and the ace the technical pilot interview.
I appreciate any suggestion
I got back into it then covid hit!
Essentially had to do an MEP IR again, though not as many hours. I done some sim stuff to get familiar initially though done a couple of hours SEP to get comfortable. It does come back quite quick.
Be prepared to be absolutely grilled in interviews for the gap. If you can get any interviews of course.
Also still not cheap. Sunk cost fallacy is a thing, if you are in two minds. I learnt that there are a myriad of other industries that actually want people and I could channel my talents elsewhere.