JOB
 

Started at 25 Integrated course in oct 1999
in july 2003 FI course
March 2004 first paid flying job as FI,and later switched to work in other schools
Continued to work as FI till Jan. 2006 when i found job as Corporate F/O in a jet
although it was very hard at times and i had and still have to put a lot of effort , no regrets and as said before in other posts , a shame i couldn't start sooner :ok:

Interesting Posts...
 

Ok guys, we have 30,000 threads on all topics of hows, wheres, and how muchs, lets bring it together.

Post your brief story on how you did it or how you are doing it, how you funded it and where you went, it should make much more informative/interesting reading than fragmented threads.

Any interesting stories on how you got your PPL, and amazing deals or exceptional service offered, anyone who did it in an unusual/exotic location, what you're doing with your PPL now, what your doing with your CPL/ATPL, where you work, was it worth it...

Just be creative folks, this would be a great thread for those just coming into the arena or those who can't decide what to do next..


Thankyou all,

Dave Spencer (Hardcore Wannabe)

PPl 1999
ATPL 2000
CPL/IR 2001
MEIR 2004

Now 33 years old and 1300 hours and no JOB, not even an interview, still hoping that somthing will turn up that can save me from driving taxis for the next 20 years just to repay my student loan.

The worst investment of time and money i ever made:yuk:


Jan

Sorry if this comes out as Patronising - Not intended.
 

Started in 2003 when i was 27 - PPL with 48 hours on C152 by which time I was hooked. Left the Office every Wednesday and Friday Lunch time to fly or even sometimes just sit next to friends building hours before admitting to myself that driving to work on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday was getting increasingly difficult!
Finished ATPL/ME/IR/MCC in Mar06 with a big hole in my pocket and plodded around for nearly a year on the edge of giving up and going back to the office which would allow 2 hour lunches on Wed and Fri :suspect:
Starting on Jets next week with my new company.
Sounds great to a wannabe but pleased be warned It hasn't been easy - I have experienced real highs but paid the price with some of the lowest lows I'll hopefully ever feel and some very big demands on my physical and mental state.

• 4ft high text book pile
• 16 hour days
• 4am starts - 4am finishes even!
• 110% concentration for hours on end
• Constantly asking yourself the question "Can I really do this?"
• Constant pressure to ace it first time.

There is a reality to this path which everyone will tell you but you won't believe until you do it (The "Don't touch that Paint it's wet" syndrome) On the flip side, however,consider this:
I used to drive to work from my nice GradeII listed house to my marketing job in my BMW - Now I drive a rusty wreck with bald tyres and a large hole in the exhaust from my rented cottage with green furniture - and I'll be smiling all the way to work no matter what day it is:)

Joined Royal Navy as Warfare Officer aged 18.
Ended up as a Fighter Controller and decided there was more fun to be had on the other end of the radio. Handed in notice and 9/11 happened 3 months prior to my leaving the military.

PPL in Long Beach Jan 2002. Then began ATPL studies whilst doing various jobs at Stansted.

CPL/IR Summer of 2004.

Then I had to grow up a bit and stop playing aeroplanes living under the parents roof and get my own place and mortgage etc.

FI course winter 2005/ spring 2006.

Part Time FI job came along in May 2006.

Work as a multi drop driver in the week to pay the mortgage. Work as an FI at the weekends.

370 hours.

Completed my PPL training with Exeter Flying Club in August 2001 Age: 19

Started Commercial flt training August 2001 - December 2002.

Got my first job operating the B737 3/4/5 700 Age: 22

Now im operating the B757 with a UK charter airline Age 25.

Total time 2200 TT
Jet time 1750

33 and getting back into it
 

PPL '98 at 27yrs old.
NVFR, ME, Tailwheel at the end of that.
Did all my commercial training time and ended up with 180hrs tt.
Then I bought a morgtage about two weeks before I sat the flight test for the CPL. Then I had kids (better than flying, just).
I've been kicking myself for the last 5 years for not flying and I've decided in the new year to get my CPL, do a ME-CIR and get a job.
Screw the desk, I'm going flying.

PPL in 2001. Built up a couple of hundred hours over the next few years then did ATPL exams last year. Now halfway through full time MEIR and hope to be finished, including CPL, by end of next month(weather permitting!). All being well, will book an MCC for March. Then who knows......pray!!??

started a integrated course in jan 2005, aged 19. Plopped out of that in april 06, luckily had attended interview during lattr stages of course. Got a type rating course with that company (paid by them) in november 06. Been flying with them on 319/320/321 for a year now. age 22.

couldn't have hoped for better. Keep at it, head down and don't give up.
d2k