My first job
Well, nearly 18 months ago I got my CPL/IR from SFT and I have now finally been offered a job.. .. .On 1st May I start my professional flying career in sunny Zambia.. .. .Its been a none to enjoyable 18 months I can tell you, with lots of disappointments and worry. I nearly gave up. 3 weeks ago I attended a couple of interviews for a job back into my previous industry (insurance) and reluctantly accepted the offer of a job. I was so sad, as I saw this as me accepting that I was not going to get a job as a pilot. One week before I was due to start, I received another offer to fly for a charter company in Zambia.. .. .I'm going to be flying a Cessna 206, based in a bush camp. Hopefully I will get up to the magic 1000hrs before the end of the year, by which time the market back in the UK should have picked up enough for me to get a job back here. But in the meantime, I'll hopefully enjoy the flying there. . .. .If you had asked me a month ago if all the training and financial worries was worth it, I would have said no......ask me now and its a big yes!!. .. .Its still not going to be easy. I will be leaving my fiance at home until Xmas, she cries almost every night now because I'm leaving, which is very hard to take, but I try to assure her that it will all be worth it in the end.. .. .To everyone who is going through what I did, don't give up. Keep trying no matter how hard it gets. . .. .I need to thank my friends Daryll, Sean and Darren, all of whom are flying with UK airlines. They kept me going when all seemed doom and gloom. If you are reading this Daryll, then my eternal thanks go to you, as without your influence, I would never have got this job. You have change my life for the better, for which I will alway be grateful.. .. .I wish you all well.. .. .A very happy Jockflyer.. . . . <small>[ 28 March 2002, 08:29: Message edited by: Jockflyer ]</small>