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Old 13th Oct 2008, 22:29
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tupues
 
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If you could name a couple?
Business aviation is not open to low hours pilots (net-jets for e.g wants 1500hrs) nor is air-taxi due to insurance. That leaves the 'banner towing/para-dropping/glider-tugging' that everyone on here seems to go on about. Firstly that won't pay the bills (most of that type of 'work' is unpaid anyway) and secondly with 20 pilots per month finishing from one integrated course alone, how many banners do you seen around anyway??

The only option is instructing- 60 new fATPLs each month from integrated courses alone. Doesn't take great maths to realise if eveyone did a FI course there wouldn't be enought PPL students to teach!

So to everyone who peddles the 'banner towing/para-dropping/glider-tugging' 'work your way up the chain' line please please give people some of your wisdom and give them a nudge in the direction of these huge banner towing companies....
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