Heimdal: I tried to send you a private message, as I’d much rather keep this off-line.
I am in no way associated with Star Air, so I can not speak for them.
I have however spoken with several Maersk/Star pilots during their B720 and B727 days.
But from my obersvations of this business, it’s not what you know, but who you know.
You get anywhere and everywhere in this world be putting your best foot forward, and trying harder than anybody else.
It involves making contacts and communicating with people within the targeted organization.
Pushy people soon get shot down as fake.
It’s a subtle line between aggressive and a pain.
First decide what business you’d like to be in.
If night freight isn’t your thing, then don’t look there, other than as a stepping stone.
With Star, you have two point of contact to try.
Being dual citizen puts you at a good advantage, as does being female.
But it’s not golden, nothing is.
Head office in Denmark, and the flight operations in Germany, both should receive equal attention.
Now I don’t know you, or what your people skills are like.
But I know ‘men of a certain age’, who would be highly attracted to a female pilot in her early 40s.
Now if you look like an East German Olympic shot putter or hammer thrower, maybe not so much.
But if you are attractive and have an amicable personality people will talk to you.
I am certainly not saying you can go from PPL to B767.
Although the son of a friend did go from (f)ATPL to German night cargo B757.
But I am absolutly sure you can go from CPL to any number of the other smaller regional feeder cargo operators that operate from Cologne nightly.
It’s been many, many years since I have been there, so I don’t know who operates what today.
But I seem to remember seeing many German F27s, Croatian ATR 42s, Swedish ATPs, Islandic B737s, Turkish A300s, British Heralds, A300s, Electras, and B737s.
And once your on ‘that side’ of the fence, it’s easy to waltz into their flight operations and start talking.
Seek out their fellow females, and make them your new best friend.
Join women’s professional pilot organizations.
You target an industry, and you network within that industry.
The same strategy is applicable to any other market and industry.
Don’t let anything stop you, or stand in your way from achieving what you want out of this life.
Your time is now.
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