congrats Cptwizard! envy!
I too stumbled and probably too late in the game as age is catching up.
In 2009 I also pm-ed sonic69/cruiser/dream747/etc about self-sponsoring route. It is tough and risky because that time, only SFC was running this private occasionally and the 9v carriers jobs were limiting to SQ and MI while TR and 3K was only starting. I think I did applied to SFC privately but was not called up in 2009/2010. Along the way when budget airlines started to have cadetship, from 2010 - 2014, tried CAE 3k, CTC 3k, SFC TR, closest I got is CTC 3k airline interview. Then in June 2014 I tried SFC private and was offered place, but due to some family/financial issue I postponed the plan. In these years, I saw some friends who made it in CAE 3k, SFC TR, STAA private, some stumbled, some still pressing on...
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