The dream was to get an ATPL and join an airline. Dream is a good word for it. I was raked in by an FTO that knew I had more money than sense (at the time) but I've never said a bad word about them. Now I have a lot less money and a lot more sense. I got my CPL but never moved on to the MEP or IR. Do I bother?
I'm a nice guy who for some reason became the laughing stock of his FTO for pulling out of his course when I saw it was going nowhere. I was unhappy with how I was being treated, heard completely untrue and vile rumours spread by students and even instructors about me. A friend said I'm a bit posh and other people don't like it -Does that make any sense? I'm a bloody hard worker in my current job which involves getting up every day at 3am. People who think plumbers talk like plumbers are the
holes, not me.
I have a job, a home, a relationship... Do I bother? What's the point in finishing it? Will the nasty, ignorant people disappear after I've qualified and got my CV out or is this culture of nastiness endemic throughout the aviation industry? It seems pitifully ill-conceived to spend horrendous amounts of money on a career that will see me made miserable by nasty people. Should I honestly cut my losses, chuck it all in, pay off my debts and never look twice at an aircraft again? Seriously considering it. Regrettably I cannot go into further detail (enough has been said about me). Genuine non-smartass are welcome.
