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Old 12th Sep 2016, 09:34
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Guttn
 
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The straight forward, easy answer is NO, or even better NFW! But you can't just tell them that without digging a little deeper. You've been given a good opportunity to lay the facts down, so you might as well do so in a professional manner. You've been flying for some odd 20 years, so you might want to start things off and tell them why you decided, as a young lad, to become a pilot. How were things back then? What kinds of expectations did you have? What were you told by your parents, teachers, other advisors, friends, commercial pilots etc? And start telling about your career up until now. The good, the bad and the ugly. Talk about how fortune and luck plays a big part of getting to where you want to be, or how you find yourself working in places you never actually thought existed. How are your classmates from flightschool doing? I bet a large percentage of them gave up the dream after having spent a lot of money chasing it, and believing a lot of lies. How many are divorced due to the impact aviation and rostering has had on their lives? And have things improved since Sept 2001, or are we in a deep stall not too far from rock bottom?
I would be thrilled to have this opportunity! Go for it!
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