Originally Posted by 7balja01
No i haven't approached any companies as a hangar rat. i don't see why i should crawl in the dust for a multi-million dollar corporation just to get my license - which i'll probably have to pay off through cheap labour in the next decade after. Instead, ill try super hard at school. get all prerequisites neaded for army aviation. push my way through OSB, and train hard out for the next 6 years at .......oakley?
maybe i'm asking for too much? have your say.
jacob.
Good luck to you 7balja01,
Firstly finding "Oakley" and secondly getting anywhere in the industry with that sort of attitude. Hangar ratting is probably the best thing you could do at your age as not only will you learn something, but it also means you will meet people that might one day give you a job whether it bit after you obtain a CPL or after you leave the forces. Aviation, whether it be in the civilian world or military is an apprenticeship, no-one is going to treat you or pay like a tradesman if you don't have the experience or attitude and keep glueing your hand to your head. No one will hand anything to you on a platter just because your report card looks good. So maybe you should take BigMikes advice and go wash a few helicopters, help with a few 100 hourly's and heaven forbid sweep a few floors, at least that way you'll get a toe in the door and spend less time expressing your ignorance on PPrune
