Kinetika
22nd May 2008, 19:03
Hi Guys:
I'm not new to the prune, i've been lurking a while, but as you can see, ive been a bit light on the posting front...
I'm planning on jacking my career of 15 years in the entertainment industry to take up the challenge of getting a job flying. I will have to go for a modular course, PPL upwards, for the sake of money, but in planning a career change at 28 and with a bit of life experience behind me, i have learned that a bit of research and some long term 'roadmap' if you like could be of some use to ensuring that certain goals are reached.
I am aware that going through the Ab Initio route at 28 will likely mean that i will be in my late 30's by the time i get a shot at flying for top level airline, from there, i will likely only ever make SFO at best.
Anyway, the point of this rambling is that in reading through the threads, it seems that the number of disgruntled aircrew far outweighs the number of people that are happy in their work.
Personally, and from the outside, i would love to be able to join EK on a cadetship and at the moment, would be happy to sell my soul to an airline (to anyone) that would be happy to pay for the training and then be just mad enough to give me a job at the end of it.
I read the posting fron Disgruntled of Doo-Buy about his EK experience, and each to his own. But the 2AM departures, wouldnt a quick check of the online timetable have cleared that little bit of research up?
The point of that was not to bash AC, but in every line of work there are high points and low points, and given the s:mad:t state of the airline industry in many parts of the world, surely the chance to work for an airline that are spending serious coin on new toys and in need of a s:mad:t load of new pilots, be an invariably good opportunity?
I am well aware of the problems inherent in living in DXB, the inflation, the rents, etc, but considering that the average ALL IN salary in the UAE for a high level manager is about 35,000 ****tas a month, then to me, the basic salary, plus flying pay, plus housing, plus transport, plus schooling seems to be an opportunity to jump at.
Perhaps that means that i represent the self paid scumbags that are just happy for an opportunity to get a job flying, and that surely is not my intention, as better pay for you = better pay for me if and when i 'get there'...
Anyway, in reference to my original question, is there such a thing as a happy pilot? Emirates / Etihad or anywhere else for that matter...
I'm not new to the prune, i've been lurking a while, but as you can see, ive been a bit light on the posting front...
I'm planning on jacking my career of 15 years in the entertainment industry to take up the challenge of getting a job flying. I will have to go for a modular course, PPL upwards, for the sake of money, but in planning a career change at 28 and with a bit of life experience behind me, i have learned that a bit of research and some long term 'roadmap' if you like could be of some use to ensuring that certain goals are reached.
I am aware that going through the Ab Initio route at 28 will likely mean that i will be in my late 30's by the time i get a shot at flying for top level airline, from there, i will likely only ever make SFO at best.
Anyway, the point of this rambling is that in reading through the threads, it seems that the number of disgruntled aircrew far outweighs the number of people that are happy in their work.
Personally, and from the outside, i would love to be able to join EK on a cadetship and at the moment, would be happy to sell my soul to an airline (to anyone) that would be happy to pay for the training and then be just mad enough to give me a job at the end of it.
I read the posting fron Disgruntled of Doo-Buy about his EK experience, and each to his own. But the 2AM departures, wouldnt a quick check of the online timetable have cleared that little bit of research up?
The point of that was not to bash AC, but in every line of work there are high points and low points, and given the s:mad:t state of the airline industry in many parts of the world, surely the chance to work for an airline that are spending serious coin on new toys and in need of a s:mad:t load of new pilots, be an invariably good opportunity?
I am well aware of the problems inherent in living in DXB, the inflation, the rents, etc, but considering that the average ALL IN salary in the UAE for a high level manager is about 35,000 ****tas a month, then to me, the basic salary, plus flying pay, plus housing, plus transport, plus schooling seems to be an opportunity to jump at.
Perhaps that means that i represent the self paid scumbags that are just happy for an opportunity to get a job flying, and that surely is not my intention, as better pay for you = better pay for me if and when i 'get there'...
Anyway, in reference to my original question, is there such a thing as a happy pilot? Emirates / Etihad or anywhere else for that matter...