Well what I did was join forces with 2 fellow Wannabes at the time who lived nearby. We ensured that we were each in seperate organisations and we shared any info that came our way.
Needs must when your penniless and training.
I am often suprised that Wannabes do not seek each other out at all. Perhaps it was easier for me because there weren't that many people in my particular valley who wanted to fly professionally. Plus its quite easy to work out that "Dai the airport" has an aviation connection...
Do a bit of digging around and you might just find a couple of people in the same boat as you that live just around the corner.
It helps to have some to bitch about the CAA with over a pint.
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