Advice on opportunity. What do YOU think?
Righto! I've been skulking around these forums for too long. Time for some action!
I'm 34. married with 2 kids, splendid home, good lifestyle, job that pays well (see profile) BUT, can't get it out of my system.
Yup, I want to fly commercially. As do so many, I know! Recently, my old man died at 61, which perhaps made me look at life and say, well, time and opportunity are passing you by. What are you going to do about it?
I don't just want to take a PPL either. With no disrespect to any one tha does fly for pleasure, its not my bag.
I've got to be honest as well, my aspirations aren't that high. A nice little regional job, six to eight sectors a day, and being able to maintain my base here on fraggle rock. I know that narrows down my list of likely employers.
Whereas I have the utmost admiration for all those who go through abject hardship to attain their dream, I am perhaps a little bit more of a non-risk taker. I wouldn't want to put my family in a position where they had to go without just so I can do what I really want to do with my life. Shucks, just call me an ol' romantic at heart!
I can cope with the academic sides of things pretty well, and enjoy studying, so I'm not to worried about the groundschool side of things. However, I am ab initio. Cash, should not be a problem. The goal is, to be able to walk up to an employer to look at starting some sort of right hand seat employment.
so, within the parameters below, can someone come up with an action plan, with hours, exams, costs, timescales and the like. Look at it as an Open University type approach to things!
1. Don't want to give up work
2. Training in spare time is not a problem, either in the air or at the desk
3. Cash shouldn't be an issue
Look forward to hearing from you. Either drop me an email, or if you think it will be of use to others, post it here.
Thanks