Aerospace Engineers right out of college can get about 60 Euros / hr, 50 hrs / week and pay about 15% tax as sub-contractors in Europe (RR, MTU, Airbus as well as the supply chain Goodrich, GE Systems, etc as well as the specialist design services like ASSystem. Morson and EKES etc. I did it for 15years after I gave up on the flying lark. It could easily fund your wider aspirations regarding flying jobs. In fact I know a few who have done exactly that College - contracting - Frozen ATPL - A320. If things go t**ts up they just come back into contracting.
Last edited by Dak Man; 9th January 2013 at 18:18.