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8th Oct 2005, 13:56
Having just registered after watching from afar for some time, it's with some trepedation that I offer my first post in the hope that someone has taken a similar gamble and has had it pay off.
My situation is I live in Sydney and am about to turn 34, and want to fly for a living after not having been anywhere near an aircraft since my Australian CPL and M/E Instrument Rating in '98. The advice received here is that G.A. is just about dead and that I'm far too old for the airlines anyway, so I should just stick with my current rock-solid career and get on with it for the next 30 years or so.
Fortunately for me I have fantastic wife who just wants me to be happy, and is supportive of a possible move to Europe in the hope that there is a place for me in the much larger aviation scene. We both have European passports, and my wife is on the home stretch of a law degree, so we'd both look on this as an adventure.
I'm aware of the considerable sacrifices necessary to to convert my hopelessly out date Aussie CPL into a JAR fATPL both financial and otherwise, which leads to the question.....
Is there be anyone out there who has been crazy enough to attempt a move like this at this age and succeed? Or perhaps there are stories out there of things not being so bad in Oz for late starters, with examples of QF taking on guys heading towards their late 30's that aren't necessarily intent on flying the left-hand seat of a 747.
Many thanks in advance!
My situation is I live in Sydney and am about to turn 34, and want to fly for a living after not having been anywhere near an aircraft since my Australian CPL and M/E Instrument Rating in '98. The advice received here is that G.A. is just about dead and that I'm far too old for the airlines anyway, so I should just stick with my current rock-solid career and get on with it for the next 30 years or so.
Fortunately for me I have fantastic wife who just wants me to be happy, and is supportive of a possible move to Europe in the hope that there is a place for me in the much larger aviation scene. We both have European passports, and my wife is on the home stretch of a law degree, so we'd both look on this as an adventure.
I'm aware of the considerable sacrifices necessary to to convert my hopelessly out date Aussie CPL into a JAR fATPL both financial and otherwise, which leads to the question.....
Is there be anyone out there who has been crazy enough to attempt a move like this at this age and succeed? Or perhaps there are stories out there of things not being so bad in Oz for late starters, with examples of QF taking on guys heading towards their late 30's that aren't necessarily intent on flying the left-hand seat of a 747.
Many thanks in advance!