Why do some folks choose to become pilots?
Hello everyone! Greetings from a new pprune-er but an old enthusiast of all un-natural flying objects and the folks who make 'em fly! A 'spotter', as this forum identifies me.
Having snooped around the thousands of threads and pages on this forum, curiously I have come across a common 'thread' (so to speak) of comments/complaints.....most pilots and allied airline professionals who post here complain about how difficult and expensive it is gain an entry into the aviation world. Pay to train, pay to fly, do thousands of hours of bush flying to be eligible to fly airliners, etc etc etc......
May I ask you (and believe me, I will be honoured to hear from you), WHY DID YOU CHOOSE A LIFE IN THE AVIATION INDUSTRY AND DID IT TURN OUT TO BE WHAT YOU THOUGHT IT WOULD BE?