Flight training stupidity
Hi all;
I have just decided that I have to indefinitely postpone taking flight training towards getting a commercial license due to the financial implications. I would like to say though (purely out of twisted bitterness) that I have never seen any job in my life that you have to buy yourself into like the aviation industry right now.
In reality just to get the right to apply along with 100's of others for your first job in the RHS will cost about 70K Sterling ........... and that is just to start. You have no guarantee of a job and are up against 100's of other cash starved graduates. Then the likes of Ryanair (and dare I suggest most other big airlines in the future) have the audacity to make you take your own type rating at a further cost 18K. It really is the most ridiculous scenario I have ever seen.
What other profession would work like this? It seems to me the it has now become a rich kids profession where it is the almighty dollar that counts and not your ability to fly aircraft and take responsibility for the 100's of people sitting behind you. It is enough to make you sick.
I am not taking a shot at anyone already in the industry as I know that most of you got in through hard work and getting chosen on cadetships. You are the real pilots. I shudder to think what the next generation will bring where is is based on money and not any form of apptitude or skill.
One totally pissed off ncusack