What I don't understand is...
Why are so many people obsessed with Airline flying?
I know the money is better than Air-taxi or other lighter aircraft flying and it's more prestigeous, but I know which i'd rather do. To be honest, i've had good money and it's nice. But i'd rather be happy than rich. So what am I missing? to be honest, if no one else wants to Scottish island hop in a mail plane, give me a CPL and I'LL do it!
I've always been fascinated with flying, but never had the money or exams results to get to college when I left school. Recently i've started to fly on airliners a lot as part of my job and taken up radio controlled model flying and flight sims as a hobby. And the more time I spend immersed in aviation, the more I prefer it to IT (where I work at the moment). I think my instincts were right all along, I should fly for a living. A recent 3 month IT assignment to an airfield was too much! I fell in love with planes all over again!
I think I would have been quite a good pilot. The question IS how realistic is it for a 27 year old to try to self-fund a CPL, and what kind of jobs could I expect to get when I had one? I don't think i'd be able to get the medical on a ATPL due to a slight vision defect in one eye and fairly typical spex prescription. But I don't think i'd want one, anyway. I hate scrambled eggs, for one thing!
Failing any viable careers in light/general aviation as flight crew, does anyone know of any careers (beyond airline cabin staff!! - NO WAY!) that would keep me airbourne?