Originally Posted by
777Supremecist
Hello everyone, I am about to (hopefully) enroll in a flight school very soon, I am going to a European flight school under EASA. However, I hae some questions that I was hoping could be answered.
First of all: Can someone please explain me the structure of the flight school courses? Kinda like how you explain a kid about school: how he will go through Kindergarden - to board exams, what kind of grades he should get and what are the consequences he will face when he doesn't meet those expectations.
My father is a pilot as well, and he is rambling to me about all these things about "forzen-atpl", "type-rating", or some other weird flight school-related terminologies, and they're all going over my head.
Also what would be some advices for me? Ones that all of you here, had to learn the hard way; so then I could avoid it? Thanks.
Welcome on Pprune 😉,
That first step is good.
Asking questions is always good. There are no stupid questions😄.
Tbh, it seems you are still very young, which is not bad of course and know not so much about the job as a pilot.
What type of flying? Different sorts of flying.
Aviation is a tough cut throat business. You really need to want it, otherwise it will be really hard to survive in aviation.
Little example of myself.
Graduated in 2013. Could not find a job as a pilot so applied for a job as a Cabin Crew. Worked as a CC for 3.5 years. That airline went bust.
6 months later got my first job as a FO on a 737-300/400. Flew for that company for 2 Summer seasons ( 2018/2019).
Then autumn/winter 2019/2020 in another company.
Then we all know what happend. Lost my job.
Worked as Package Courier together at Food Delivery for the Orange company. Tough times. Was about to give up flying.
Only early 2022 got finally a job again on a big jet.
Just let that sink in.
Times to find a job now are pretty good, but will ot be when you finish training?
Do you hava a plan B?
Otherwise you might end up doing unskilled jobs with the salary to it.
In the meanwhile, watch ALL Episodes of Air Crash Investigation.
Better inform yourself better about this business 😉.
Good luck 😄.