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Old 31st Jan 2010, 16:02
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There seems to be a huge amount of over privileged kids who dont want to work for their position anymore. Complaining that thy dont want to fly a PA 28 for a year before they jump into a jet. Or that they dont want to instruct as its not for them.

Well tough luck, if you dont want to instruct then you shouldn't be a pilot! If you want experience and to gain some valuable skills then instruct, get a job towing aircraft, shove some jumpers out the back of a plane.

Instructing is part of flying in the commercial world. As a captain you are often sitting there watching and instructing. I am not talking about being a training captain, when you are flying with a low time pilot you are teaching all day. Learning to instruct is a lot easier in a PA 28 than something a lot faster and bigger.

Yes instructing doesnt pay much, yes its a struggle and you might have to move away from where you grew up to find a job, but you learn your trade very fast and become a better pilot because of it.

Its sad to see this laziness and how people who have a CPL suddenly look down at a PA 28.
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