Originally Posted by Jump Complete
Ryanair etc can shove it regards paying for type rating and not getting properly paid anyway.
That sounds pretty much like the standard practice down here!
Originally Posted by Jump Complete
As long as I earn enough to send back a couple of hundred sterling per month for depts and have enough left over to live I'll be happy.
You probably won't be happy then. Does 'a couple of hundred', mean, say....two hundred? Maybe then....
Negativity aside, it sounds like you have the right type of experience though, if you're prepared to hang around somebody ought to take you on, assuming the usual 'right time, right place' conditions are met. Like other comments here, I would like to echo that you may think it appeals to you now, but it gets old quite fast. The lifestyle that is, once the wheels leave the ground it's all good....