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Old 24th Mar 2009, 13:27
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G SXTY

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I started modular training in 2000 while working full time to pay for it. Slowed down my training due to 9/11, unemployment, divorce, etc etc (note that only modular allows that flexibility). I finally jacked my old job in a couple of years ago, completed modular training and got a job with one of the U.K.'s larger airlines aged 36, with a little over 200hrs and without paying for a type rating. I guarantee you I'm nothing special, and there are plenty of others with similar stories.

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(1) timing (think 2012 onwards)
(2) contacts (network, network, network)
(3) not believing anything the schools tell you . . .
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