Originally Posted by
kundun
I would just change the "anybody" with "some people".
It's hard when there's a threat of not getting employed and your 100k loan comes due and you're making 1000 euro per month because you didn't get a job in aviation. God forbid if there's a lengthy downturn for a few years then you're house buying money in the red with no house and no significant income.
I'm saying this as someone who self financed as well.
Maybe I should have stated “anybody in the western world”
If you take out a 100k loan then more fool you. It’s very easy to do with minimal debt.(In the UK anyway)
I worked 3 jobs / 70-80hrs a week between 18-25, qualified with only £20k in debt and get my first pilot job until 3 years later which by that time I was debt free.
After I qualified I worked an airline ops job for 6 months (not the company I ended up flying for) and we worked 4 on / 4 off shifts.
A good few of younger members of the ops department were aspiring pilots and always commented on how they couldn’t afford to train. The horrified looks I got from them when I suggested maybe taking on a second job for 2-3 of their off days “oh I can’t do that after working 48 hours in 4 days” 😂