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VariablePitchP
I’d go down this line of a year or so working an odd job. Time to get some of the boozing out your system. Try the world of work, but not hold yourself back too much. Gives you something to talk about.
Don’t learn to be a plumber. That’s nonsensical for someone with the absolute aim to be a pilot. You’d waste four or five years as an apprentice working up to holding a qualification that there’s a good chance you’d never use, ever. And if you do, it’ll be for 18 months in a downturn where you’d make €50K as a plumber rather than €30k doing an odd job in an office. The economics don’t stack up.
Degree? Yeah if you’re keen but you’ll never ever use it. Uni is fun though and definitely ticks the life experience box.
Remember that every year you delay your training is a year less making 200K as a training captain.
Absolutely use your parents money to pay for the training, any suggestion otherwise is from sheer jealously. Would be insane not to when it’s on a plate for you.
Lets agree to disagree there.
Having only your High School Diploma and Nothing else is the worst advise you can give.
Ive experienced it myself to have no further useful diplomas as a back up.
I told you guys where I ended up during Covid. Making 2000 After tax while working 7 days a week.
Imagine, you have been a Captain A380 in the ME. Making what? 180K a year and all of a sudden you get laid off and no back up diploma. You will end up doing those ****ty odd jobs like I did.
Going from a nice lifestyle to near poverty.
You should before going to Flightschool have a Plan B.
Therefore good to have something useful outside of aviation.
And NEVER say never that you need it or not.
Every experience is an experience. Nothing is useless. A studies also helps to mature a bit.
I have been working from when I was 12 years old. I have a long list of different jobs I have done so far.
From every job I learned something.
Maybe next to flying you like to start a small business in whatever field.
Many colleagues in the company I work in have a side business.
Dont make yourself fully dependent on Flying income.
I have seen to many guys who lost their medicals from one day to another. Loss of License insurance can be useful but wont help you for the rest of your life.
Again, a plan B or plan C is always good, so that you wont end up like where I did. Working your balls off for peanuts.
Besides, manual labor such as Electricians, Plumbers are always wanted. Maybe a good side business as well. They are wanted and can charge good rates.
Or when Uni as mentioned above.. Study for something you can find work in. Not like something useless like Philosophy, or History where the jobs are paid very bad.
I remember when I graduated from flightschool. The market was not good. I wish I had a good diploma, with which I could make good money. I worked 4 jobs at the same time.
Starting flight school with 23 years old, finish with 25, you have about 40 years of flying left. Plenty of time to build up a Pension fund. No need to rush.
Just saying.