I regularly read through the wannabe's threads and have found some very useful information.
But the problem is that I want to be an airline pilot. At present i have no flying history bar the aircadets and I do not have the funds available to pay for an atpl.
At present I work in the engineering side of the aviation business, I am only 25 years old and have a good standard of education. I am physically fit and consider myself as having all the natural attributes to make a good pilot.
The actual question I am trying to ask is, Is there any hope? If I apply for sponsorship my chances are very slim due to the sheer number of applicants. If I self finance I will be in a very large amount of debt . On top of all this I have to compete with the ever increasing numbers of pilots working their way through the system.
Still I think about flying every day and the urges are only getting stonger. What should I do? Several of the threads have been painting a negative picture of the business and have done nothing for my self confidence.
