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Old 2nd Sep 2016, 14:45
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She is a qualified Commercial Pilot
So am I, and that certificate added to a few bucks will buy you a cup of coffee.

Being a commercially rated pilot sounds good when down the pub as it conjures up images to non-flyers of someone who flies 747's while sporting a blizzard of stripes and braids. Believe me I throw the "Commercial Pilot" bit around loudly and repeatedly when tying to impress women.(shallow and sad yes, but kidding on I'm an Olympic sprinter or premiere league footballer just aint gonna fly )

The reality is without type ratings and a real world job hauling fare paying passengers or students you're just a PPL bimbler who knows how to memorize the answers to more than 70% of the questions on the test and can do Chandeles and Lazy 8's to a relatively reasonable standard.

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