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Go get your bachelor's degree and then your f. atpl.!
Otherwise if you are not lucky enough by being at the right spot on the right time you ll be serving coffee at Starbucks (nothing wrong with that but still you wont be able to support a family or start your life).
Good luck!
Otherwise if you are not lucky enough by being at the right spot on the right time you ll be serving coffee at Starbucks (nothing wrong with that but still you wont be able to support a family or start your life).
Good luck!
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Definitely get a degree, a great decision.
I had rubbish jobs for a lot of years and slowly financed my commercial licence getting my first proper flying job at the age of 30. Nine and a half years later I found myself on the dole with a not very good type rating (Dornier 228). I was unemployed for 18 months and found it impossible to get a well paid non flying job as I had no real experience or qualifications away from aviation. I really regretted not having a degree during that period with a wife and family to support.
Fortunately I eventually got pulled out of a hold pool I had been in for nearly 3 years and now fly yellow 757’s
No decent qualifications as an ex pilot and you are useless.
I had rubbish jobs for a lot of years and slowly financed my commercial licence getting my first proper flying job at the age of 30. Nine and a half years later I found myself on the dole with a not very good type rating (Dornier 228). I was unemployed for 18 months and found it impossible to get a well paid non flying job as I had no real experience or qualifications away from aviation. I really regretted not having a degree during that period with a wife and family to support.
Fortunately I eventually got pulled out of a hold pool I had been in for nearly 3 years and now fly yellow 757’s
No decent qualifications as an ex pilot and you are useless.
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I responded to your first post - you have now started a new thread but I'm afraid that nothing has changed in the past month.
Although the market is slowly showing signs of picking up there are still lots of unemployed experienced pilots with full licences. A quick read through these pages will show you how bad things are at the moment.
So I repeat my advice - get your degree and then come back to flying. As you say it is very expensive and there are not a lot of opportunities in Tbilisi, Georgia. You will need to have a good job to earn sufficient to pay for flight training in either Europe or the USA.
I wish you the best of luck.
I will now close this thread.
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I responded to your first post - you have now started a new thread but I'm afraid that nothing has changed in the past month.
Although the market is slowly showing signs of picking up there are still lots of unemployed experienced pilots with full licences. A quick read through these pages will show you how bad things are at the moment.
So I repeat my advice - get your degree and then come back to flying. As you say it is very expensive and there are not a lot of opportunities in Tbilisi, Georgia. You will need to have a good job to earn sufficient to pay for flight training in either Europe or the USA.
I wish you the best of luck.
I will now close this thread.
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