Thanks for the info and tips, i guess with the current climate and the prices of food and petrol etc it all effects opportunities available to certain people.
for me im in the south east of england and the nearest airports for me would be shoreham aiport and biggin hill which is roughly an hour away.
they seem to have academys where you fly 5 days a week, 9-5 so intense which maybe would be better for me as im a quick learner and intense may keep me very focused but seems alot of payments up front.
my aim would ideally be pilot as a career, hobbie also sounds nice as i get older but still expensive,
so action plan i guess would be to build up the finances for ppl and once i achieve that what would be the next step? is it commercial licence and whats the chance of airlines funding you to do this as so expensive and then in return you fly for them i guess.
or do i need to be from a "certain background/pedigree" so to speak
i hope not.i done well at school and went to college and im 26! i dont go out and spend money socialising already.
fattony:
you mentioned a second job, but when you get time to do your flying? did you sign up with an airport for the ppl and just took the lessons etc when you could like learning to drive until youve done enough, or was there a certain time frame?
thing:
theres a gliding club about 20-25mins from where i live, i see them glide on good weather days and looks fun, and obviously helped you when you decided to go for your ppl, but would it be better value wise to go from the beginning in powered planes long term because i would then need to upgrade sometime to powered planes?
if any one can continue some more helpful advice and positive comments would be much appreciated.
as i say f i spent £8000-£10000 on ppl which for me is quite alot, i would have to some how make a career out of it one day to progress further and continue flying unless i get a high paid job, im just a sports massage therapist still trying to build up my client base.