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Old 16th Mar 2010, 04:30
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floatsarmed
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Follow your dreams?

Being a professional heli' pilot is one of those jobs that from the outside is the be all and end all of jobs. After a while it is like every other job. Just a job! You have to keep it interesting for yourself every day with some boredom prevention tool / system.

Having said that, if you REALLY want to do it then follow your dreams until they become a reality. Run out of money?......get some more then keep going with a view to a CPL and then keep studying for your ATPL H, sweep hangar floors, network etc etc etc.

Mate, NO ONE is going to give you a job with 100 hours on a PPL, they just can't as you don't have a licence and to be frank you have virtually no experience either.

I'll say it again. You have to REALLY want it as a career cos you are going to have to spend a small fortune, drag your family around the world for years looking to get the next rung up the ladder. Be careful what you wish for 'cos it's a very long and harsh road.

Unless you are fully prepared for the long road then keep saving your bickies and enjoy the pure fun aspects of being a ppl because every flight you do will be fun.

Also,be VERY wary of sharks who will spin you all sorts of rubbish to get some training dollars out of you with the vague promise of a non existant job in the distant future. They are out there and will use your money to keep their hours ticking along...beware!

Good luck either way.