"If you are willing to shell out a small fortune CPL (H) then ME IR then you have a reasonable chance of employment with the big three North Sea operators" -madflyer26
Thanks for the advice. Money is not a big issue.
"What are you going to tell the airline HR guy interviewing you for a job?" - GoodGrief
Same as I told my current employer "Ill do whatever it takes to make your customers happy". The mindset in Norway is very different from places like the U.K, Ireland, Usa and so on. How do I know? Ive met enough people to tell me what its like in other countries, such as your own. Should I perhaps have told my current employer "You aint my dream job, so screw you"??? Of course not.
LOADS of pilots get jobs that are just the next step towards the "big one". You tell everyone youve ever been interviewed by, that this is THE dream job of your life?
I can tell you that on PPRuNe there is a tendency to be quite negative, regarding any subject, but there are some wise posters who are kind enough to give useful information (paco is one of them). Also, what madflyer26 said, to my knowledge, is exactly spot on.
Good Luck, and best wishes from sunny Portugal to wonderful Stavanger!"- merlin driver
You are spot on! Im not gonna spend a ton of money to be a 737 pilot, when I have 3000 unemployed pilots with a 737TR ahead of me not getting a job in Norway or Europe for that matter. I also noticed the negativity here. Thank you for sensible advice!
"With a mindset like that you won't get to far in Aviation" -206 Fan
Yeah.. Good one.. Getting far in aviation has alot to do with money, the ability to adopt and sell your self and work hard, no wait, it has to do with YOU being willing to ONLY take the ONE job you dream about. So if you had gotten a joboffer flying fixed wing Cessna 441s or R22s and that was ALL you ever got youd say "NO". If I know that its either rotary or nothing, then I go for rotary.
Ill tell you about a guy im know who lives not far from me.This guy said no to Air Baltics offer of giving him an Fokker 50 F/os position. The reason: It wasnt his dream job..He tried getting a job in Norwegian, but failed the intake tests.. Now he does not fly anymore..
Thats what you get for having, according to you, "the correct mindset" i.e "Im not satisfied to just get a job as a pilot ,be it rotary or fixed wing, it must be THE job as a pilot.."
That just does not make any sense..