Goodbye wannabes, hello jets!
 

Well I'm extremely glad to report to my long term colleagues and fellow battlers here in the wannabes forum, most of whom I've never met, so many of whom I've drawn inspiration from, and quite a few that I feel I know like good mates, after a decade of running my mouth off around PPRuNe :

I have finally, after

• 10 years, 9 months and 17 days since my first day of professional flying training
• 3,265 flying hours
• One year of unemployment
• 5 and a half years in crap, poorly paid, single piston instructing jobs
• One and a half years flying multi pistons
• 2 years, 9 months on turboprops
• Two professional flying licences in two different countries
• 8 house moves
• One across-the-world move
• Three failed long term relationships
• One incredible, lovely, fantastic, understanding and supportive wife
• Two abortive jet-job interviews
• NZ$55,000
• UK£20,000 - ish (possibly more, to be honest I lost count halfway through the IR conversion)
• About 970000000 times where I felt like jacking it all in, and going & working as an office drone

... I have just received the golden phone call of all golden phone calls, and I'm starting on the A320 with a large UK operator in a few weeks.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

Was it worth it? Hell yes. Raise a glass to me tonight!!

:ok: luke mate....I for one know you deserve it more than most..well done dude:}
P.S. only 8 moves?..light weight:}

Well done! Your determination has paid off!
:ok:

congratulations,

I have to wait 10 years, 9 months and 17 days minus 5 months then, but I am sure it will be great fun and worth it.

Blue skies and good luck with the rest

Winch

Well done the industry is moving again. For all you who get despondant and we all do, that is what is meant by keeping flying. Do anything that is offered to keep yourself current. Things will happen but not necessarily in the first few months of qualifying as some people would have you believe.:cool:

Congratulations :)

Its great to hear about people making it into the RHS, you have obviously put a hell of a lot of work into getting there.

Well done!

JAS

Bravo
 

Nice my-life breakdown, mate!
About to start the first of those XXX FIng yrs, 5 after first T/O, so half way to your happy ending, I suppose. Hopefully I won't loose the ONLY lovely beauty sitting beside me (and make her the ONLY long term relationship of my life) on the way to that golden phonecall. I wish is gonna be on a bizjet...However enjoy the Nintendo-jet:p

:ok: PZ

10 years is normal,...wannabe make me laugh when they say they did not find anything after 6 months
I should be the next one...

congratulation!

Persistance always pays off at the end of the day :) :ok:

I am one of those that pays attention to your comments and views around wannabes forum, for that thank you.

Wishing you good luck with the new adventure, and i hope you will still be around to help us wannabes, i am sure other prooners like me will appreciate that.

So here is a glass of.................................















.................. orange Juice :O :p sorry i don't do alcohool :}

FO
:8

Fantastic job, best of luck to you!

LukeSkyToddler,
I shall raise a glass of Laphroigh in thy honour!!:ok:
To,..stamina, never-give-up-, do-whatever-it-takes-attitude.....
Bottom's up!!
I'll go and fill that glass up again....
Here goes the next one!!:}

Well done.

:)

WWW

Excellent news, Luke. I hope it meets all your expectation!

Scroggs

Hi man :)
Congratulations!!!!!
Hope you enjoy your new job! ;)
I'm sure you will :ok:

Luke,
You have travelled across many galaxies (okay, a small hop across one), fought many battles (women like these) but never gave up. It just goes to show.........the force was with you.
A warm congratulations, just look out for those Sith training captains.
VC10 Rib22
:ok:

LST,

After all you have gone through, PLEASE make sure the Darkside dont make you pay for the rating! Very well done!

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Hi there Luke!

Just wanted to say congratulations and well done!

Hope you enjoy enjoy the A320, i've flown the sim and she's a fantastic machine to fly!

Regards

Bozzato

Congratulations, Luke! I only seem to have a bottle of something called "Waggle Dance" left over. Seems as good a time as any - Cheers!

Congrats Luke! I wish you the best!
Hope you'll enjoy everyday in the sky!

In bocca al lupo! (good luck in italian!)

a.

Sweet as!
 

Well done mate.

A battle worn ppruner, rightfully promoted!

I have always drawn inspiration from your meaningful and indiscrimnate 'slayings' of wanabees who fork out for their type ratings.

Please stay a battler.

Cher Bro.