Aviation industry may looks unfair when starting, especialy with no contact.
In EU with a frozen atp and 400 hrs some can go strait up f/o on jet. So what !?, I'm happy for them.
But that's NOT the end if it's NOT your case.
-No Jet ? --->Turbine
-No turbine ? --->Multi piston
-No multi piston ? --->Single piston
-No single piston ? ---> dispatcher, ramp rat, F/A or whatever in a company having planes and who can give you a pilot job afterward.
I even know one who packed parachutes in a dropzone for few month before getting a foot in a C-182. 6 or so years later this guy is now f/o on a major carrier.
Not in your country ? ---> Europe (assuming your in EU)
Not in Europe ? ---> brake your wallet for travels, starting in places where you know some people.
No contact at all ? ---> built those contacts by travelling.
Try to know how other in your course (except 146 guy) made it, if they are some.
All this may sound easy to say but most of us did it this way. (the perfect example is Pigboat post on mryia225 threath "Humble beginnings")
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Note: I'm not here to underestimate jobs like F/A, dispatcher, etc....
[This message has been edited by ehwatezedoing (edited 11 November 2000).]