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Old 14th August 2007 | 16:37
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chris-squire
 
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Youth of today!!! You're 27 not 77! I don't have that attitude at all and I am looking at a modular route but the costs involved intraining are massive, as you know and the days of being able to fund part of you training, pay it off and move onto the next bit are long gone in my view. By the time you have paid it off your ratings are beginning to lapse and in the mean time you can barely afford to live. And when i say live I mean being able to eat not having a nice car or going on holiday etc!

So yes I do want an ATPL and I do want it ASAP but don't mistake that for not being prepared for hard work and sacrafice because believe me nothing could be further from the truth, in my case anyway.

I do however agree with your comment on the banks. They have wised up but unfortunately the very clever individuals who thought it wise to dump their debt have ruined it for newby's like me. But as I also said earlier, this industry requires 3 key things in my book 1) Realism 2) Commitment 3) Bloody Hard Work! I am prepared for all 3.
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