Let the first post commence.....
Hi dodo_uk. I was very interested by your thread, as I am in a very similar quandary, although I'm (just) shy of your age at a mature 26
. Having left a respected UK university with a degree in electronic engineering and spent 5 years in the design of silicon chips, I've just recently persuaded myself that I might not have made the best career choice. I've always entertained the idea of commercial aviation, but just thought it a pipe-dream which was financially out of reach.
Now I have sufficient savings to fund myself through a PPL and partially through CPL, I was going to bite the bullet.
I have bags of natural aptitude and tenacity (and modesty
), but is that really enough to make it through to being a commercial pilot at little risk? It seems maybe not from some of the comments in this thread!
Ah well. I think like you, I'll just make it a hobby for now, get a PPL + IR, and see where the flow takes me........designing chips aint all that bad and someones gotta do it.