Microlight alternative?
Hi,
Another option is to get a microlight licence, and after a 100 hrs PIC get a microlight instructor's rating.
Then you can fly - and get paid! - as you study for your alhabet spaghetti.
At Strathaven in Scotland - near Glasgow Nautical College where you can do your commercial ground school! - we pay 30 per flying hour.
But we are very high payers. Typical microlight instruction is about 15 (AFI) to 25 (QFI) per hour - although especially as an AFI you might be offered a fiver if you are lucky.
The capital investment is small - three grand for course and rating - and the time is about a month.
It is an option that is never mentioned in all the magazines, but when you look at modern three-axis microlights - such as the C42 Ikarus we fly - they are great.
Mind you, flexwings like XrayAlpha are fabulous!
Very best with your career