Starting out
G'day
I'm a young bloke wanting to start a career as a pilot in a couple of years and would like some advice.
My ultimate goal is to after many years become an airline pilot flying for he majors. I would like some advice on the best way to start out. I've decided that the REX cadetship is a trap so I'm not going down that path. I'm weighing up whether to go into flight school and (hopefully) get into GA, or become a pilot with the military, get paid to train and then serve for the minimum period. However I would like to know if the defence force training even gets me my CPL, MECIR & ATPL and if airlines recruit people with military flying experience but no civilian experience.
The big pull for the DF option is that I get paid while training, instead of paying around $100k for the lot.
Any advice re GA entry or financial options would be great.
Cheers