Can't find my first pilot job

[Wee Weasley Welshman]

This is a useful discussion but I think G rees may well be a troll.

Calm down.

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[ford cortina]

Well if Grees is not a troll he is is fool, 2 months looking....... lord help me if I were him i would blah blah blah etc........hit head against wall blah blah blah

[airmiles]

Yes G Rees 2 months is nothing!! I have been looking for more than 2 years, and believe me when I say it is a long hard slog, but NEVER give up. If you truly love flying keep at it. FI is the way to go. In the last two years I have sent so many CV's and letters again and again. There are people out there who have major difficulty finding a pilot job. It is hard and not easy, and do not ever think it is. Also you have your age on your side. I think it is pretty sad though that you complain of not finding a job after 2 months of sending your CV. Come on be realistic, I know of people who it has taken them 5 years to find that first pilot job. Every pilot who has trained and done the ratings all want an FO job; we all do else what is the point of doing all the hard work in the first place. You can complain after you have really tried to find a job, but 2 months... I am sure you haven't applied to half the places you ought to have with your experience..

[johnnyDB]

Funny how someone mentioned 18 months as being the average, as this does realy seem to be the case!

[bucket_and_spade]

Correct - my bo****ks comment was referring to the original poster

Call me bitter and jaded but I can't believe that anyone that's naive about the industry/current climate. I'd be v. worried if they had an fATPL and were!

Sounds like the mods may agree...

[boogie-nicey]

Many of you are commenting on a classic industry whereas you fail to factor in the current economic situation into finding that first job. It's an ever deepening spiral and not like it used to be in the "good old days". The luxury of having to merely wait and sweat for a couple of years before your first break will be no more. The fact that you have a long line of other wanabes ahead of you isn't going to help but nor is the simple fact that as airlines and operators go out of business then the waiting line will become compounded even longer. What do I mean by this, well as operators cease to trade then their experienced work force will fill that line ahead of you. With a darkening industry landscape the only openings will go to the more experienced jockeys ahead of you and before long you could find that things are moving so slowly it seems like driving upto Edinburgh at 5mph. Frustrating yet there's nothing you can do about it.

Divert your attention away from aviation and be more receptive to the economic ticker tape that is rolling through with dire news. The issue of the day should in my humble opinion be survivability my dear friends.

As for 2 months well what can I say there will soon be (6 months from now) people in their millions looking for work in any and every industry. Whatever 'next' step you undertake in aviaiton ensure that it's not too expensive you cannot afford to take large gambles or risks. Always reduce your exposure to risk and if you win then that's a bonus but first priority should always lead to being risk adverse. You can't afford to be otherwise can you ....?