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Old 27th Oct 2008, 22:02
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Capt Wally
 
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'Iron Mans' comments .........Most airlines look for experience commensurate with age, .....is/was so very true, this I found out over the years myself due to not starting 'till late & only flying part time for many years. Most likely not as bigger issues as it was way back then when comments by 'Mr Hat' like where also true.............There were literally hundreds of qualified pilots trying to get any work and the requirements to get a job on a turbo prop included a spaceshuttle endorsement with more than one trip to the moon. ........... We are dealing with a very different beast these days & I've not ever seen so much oportunity nowadays as ever before.
I think by the replies being posted here it's a positve step to start now providing you are well funded & can take a few knocks along the way.
For me I was employed in a couple of other industries therefore I had the best of both worlds, money & the love of flying, the two in the early stages of flying are rarely go together.

Ah go for it, I believe yr dead an awfully long time?



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