At 18 years of age, aspiring to be a pilot, you need to weigh up the opportunities in your country and how they equate with your ability to train and qualify in the direction you decide to take. Try to find one or two old hands who will give you some advice based on their assessment of your particular potential. Maybe in the Phillipines you can apply to do some work experience.
For a start, even if it is not the area you believe you may eventually work in, go to your nearest flying school or air charter business and ask whether you can sweep out the hangar or wash the aeroplanes because you are keen to start on the ground floor. (Work out before you first go in exactly what you want to say, because first impressions are crucial. If you are at all nervous by nature, then you must explore ways to reduce this.)
Then after a few days, approach one of the senior staff , (quite a few women working in aviation type offices or on the front desk are the sort who would tell you, quietly, who to speak with and who not to.) . If you show potential, you never know, it might be your lucky day, with a few words of guidance you will never forget.
Without going overboard, make sure that your appearance is always the best you can manage. (Dress neatly, plainly, not stylishly, with no in-your-face colours.) And if there is a 'motherly' type working there, do not be shy about asking what things you should be aware of while on the premises. Above all, know that you have to apply yourself in a diligent, disciplined way, expecting nothing on a plate.
And here, in case you have not found them yourself, are the essential ground rules for using and learning on this website -
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Last edited by Fantome; 29th May 2012 at 19:31.