Time flies, and perseverance pays off.
 

Let's pretend you are a professional who was contemplating shifting careers to flying. But you're not sure of the future, how to build hours, how to survive... and what if it doesn't work? What if you quit your job, spend your money and can't make the dream come true?

I am going to share a couple secrets with you:

Let's look at that thirty year old who is thinking about changing careers. This process will work for anyone younger.


What if you spent your vacation, starbucks, clothing, movies, and playtime money on taking flying lessons just to get a CPL, and flew two hours a week and earned an instructor's license. You continue to earn your instrument, multi-engine ratings... etc., while working at your normal job to fund this.


If you make a commitment to fly two hours per week, you would have 104 hours your first year with an instructor's license. Then you could teach on the weekend. If you instructed ten hours a week, you would have an additional 520 hours per year. At the end of ten years, you would have 5304 hours. During this time you'll get an instrument and multi-engine rating. All this training will go to total time.


You could write your ticket to whatever flying job you wanted with that kind of time. There is going to be a pilot shortage. I suspect you would get hired with half that time.


Reality is, once you get flying you can become a part time instructor you'll make connections and more flying opportunities will arise to build time more quickly. If you're working, you'll be exposed to people, and connections to a possible flying job. This is the unwritten law of the world... Opportunities are there, you just have to keep your eyes open and meet people.


If it took ten years, and you got hired at 40, you could have a 25-year career as an Airline Pilot. How awesome is that?


So here you go...

You're drunk Troll. Go home.

An instructor's license with 104 total hours. How many hours do you need to get a CPL. Ibelieva a CPL is a requirement for an instructors license.

ahem friend,
am i missing something or are you aimlessly wandering and soliciting for sympathy on these boards? Whatever you just wrote was as motivational as a religious conclave on friday night. Why?????
I thought you said you were a pilot?

no no, its genius! he's absolutely right. Its exactly the profile that the airlines are hiring in droves. Guys with 5304 hours on single and twin engined piston aeroplanes is exactly where the real recruitment is taking place right now. I'm going to check myself out of this mental asylum right now and enlist at my nearest flying club.

Stunning piece ... where do I sign :yuk:

How many years do you figure it would it take me to become an astronaut if I work at it part-time? Seriously.

Just saw an advert on the tele last night, you can apply now to be an astronaut in the UK, program starts in 2015, you'll be in space by 2020 (if I remember it right)

Oh Jolly, Working mon-fri standard job, and then giving up all your free time to instruct for TEN years? What should I do during my 2 weeks paid holiday a year? Should I spend it at the airport instructing?
I can't wait to start!

Plagarism
 

Did your write that or did u plagarise it? I got an email from Aerostar(they sell Type Ratings)
If you're going to someone else's piece give them the credit:*

I agree with Menatti... don't post other peoples' words unless you quote them. I found it strange that a 250 hour pilot who hadn't yet made a career in aviation was preaching about how easy it is.

Maybe 250HR should just work for a flight school, as a salesman promoting how easy it is to become a professional pilot to would-be students. That could be your career and then you can instruct on the side.

btw, not sure why this thread is even in African aviation?

(not sure why this thread is even in African aviation)
Perhaps because of its remote connections with Dame Flora Lugard?

Been there, done that. Changed career, built the hours, became an airline pilot. And then lost my job when the company went under.

Stick to your day job.