Afternoon all,
Ive had a skim over some of you folks situations here and figured I'd put my own in in the hope of getting a bit more of a tailored response.
I'm 39...(40 this year!). I made it to the final stage of BA's Speedbird Academy recruitment last year but unfortunately didn't secure a spot. Feedback call told me I only missed it by a couple of marks. I'm definitely going to give it another crack again this year and hopefully pull it off this time round, although having to start the application from scratch again puts me back amongst the thousands applying.
If I dont make it this time then Im going to have to weigh up my options regarding financing training myself. I have a place offer at Skyborne for their intergrated course but I only have around £12k to my name, which leaves me just a tad short!. I have no mortgage, no kids and a rusty old van so my outgoings are fairly minimal however my job isn't the best paid. It does offer my the flexibility to live wherever I like though and I do rotations of 3weeks on 3weeks off.
I'd appreciate anyone's advice/opinions on what my best option would be should I choose to persue training if I dont land a Speedbird spot. Baring in mind my age:
1 - Somehow take out a loan to cover the Skyborne Intergrated training.
2 - Modular training somewhere....either training on my off weeks or going "full time" modular. I'll most probably need to take out some kind of loan for this too.
Im aware I could still give an airline plenty of years until retirement once qualified but would probably need to get qualified ASAP to make it worth it.
Or do I forget the dream and make do with getting my PPL then flying for fun whenever I can afford.
All thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks.