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Old 1st Mar 2015, 04:53
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A and C
 
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Thirty years ago maybe

Job security and pay are not what they were thirty years ago, I have lost four jobs over the years as airlines went bust owing me thousands of pounds.

The T&C are being squeezed with more work expected from you and less in the way of remuneration and this when you are now expected to pay for all your training.

The bottom line is that in terms of money invested vs return airline flying is no longer a risk I would put my family through, I have enjoyed the job over the years but would not do the same if I was starting now.

My advice would be to train for a profession that is in demand to get the money to fly for fun, if more young people did this perhaps in another ten years the bean counters would find that due to them making considerable Proffit from over selling the front right hand seat they have no pilots to fly the aircraft.

In short flying is no longer worth the time and risk.
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