The thing is being a Pilot isn't as uncommon as it once was. The route to being a pilot has arguably become easier ever since the death of traditional sponsorship.
I love aviation and pretty am pretty fascinated with everything about it....but compared to some of the guys I trained with who always had this months edition of Fly Past in their bags, you could say I'm not that interested either. A said above, I love aviation, flying and what I do but I think its actually healthy for the industry to have people with other interests. Honestly would you want to spend all day behind that locked flight deck door with someone that has no real interests other than aviation??? I wouldn't.
Conversely, neither would I want to be sat on the flight deck with someone who has absolutely no interest in aviation generally because they're probably there for the wrong reasons. As with everything, theres a balance to be struck.
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