In a Big pickle
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In a Big pickle
O.k so that's a light wayt of saying something that is seriousley bugging me:
I have have been working in retail and did a course at college in trevel so i don't have a degree and only maths gcse of an e and english e.
And i have loved flying all my life and thought i can just save up to do it in americaq and eventually work here and maybe get to airline level.
And now my life has been turned upside down by finding out that solar radiation gives you cancer, and i am scared of doing it to be put in hospital on tubes like my dad who died from melanoma last july his was due to smoking and no sun cream, but he died quickly with no pain from first of all going to hospital thinking flu then day before the doctor said the m word.
Now i don't have friends because they're at uni and didnt really know that many people. and my only way to meet people is find someone with the same interest but i am still a bit scared of this catching melanoma from solar radiation.
Flying is the biggest thing i know and i am un educated on any other subject.
I have have been working in retail and did a course at college in trevel so i don't have a degree and only maths gcse of an e and english e.
And i have loved flying all my life and thought i can just save up to do it in americaq and eventually work here and maybe get to airline level.
And now my life has been turned upside down by finding out that solar radiation gives you cancer, and i am scared of doing it to be put in hospital on tubes like my dad who died from melanoma last july his was due to smoking and no sun cream, but he died quickly with no pain from first of all going to hospital thinking flu then day before the doctor said the m word.
Now i don't have friends because they're at uni and didnt really know that many people. and my only way to meet people is find someone with the same interest but i am still a bit scared of this catching melanoma from solar radiation.
Flying is the biggest thing i know and i am un educated on any other subject.
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Philip, relax, I think that you worry far too much.
I'm very sorry to hear of your Dad, my condolances to you and your family.
There is some truth that pilots do suffer from an increased exposure to Solar and other forms of Cosmic radiation, but pilots around the world are hardly dropping like flys, and of the 10,000 or so pilots that I must have met in my career, I don't know of any who was seriously affected.
My own Dad's gene pool originated at about the same latitude as yours (and a bit further west), thus he, like your Dad, had a high susceptibility to solar induced cancers, and he got them in working outdoors in the Australian environment. Early detection and cure (excision) in his case saved him, and he is now a healthy 85 year old. You could take the example from your Dad's case by covering up well, or my Dad's in being ever alert to any skin changes and doing something about it.
I wouldn't worry too much about the health aspect Philip, take precautions, and be ever vigilant, and of course - Don't Smoke! What you do have to worry about, if indeed you do want a future in aviation, is your level of education. I'm only familiar with GCSE O and A levels, I don't know what an E level is. There's no reason at all why you can't keep working at your regular job and self-fund your way through external studies to achieve the O, and then the A level. My own son was a lazy bugger and flopped terribly at school, and had to take the 'make-up' to A level externally later, and he's now a Professional Pilot.
You can do the same.
Don't worry, be happy!
Regards,
Old Smokey
I'm very sorry to hear of your Dad, my condolances to you and your family.
There is some truth that pilots do suffer from an increased exposure to Solar and other forms of Cosmic radiation, but pilots around the world are hardly dropping like flys, and of the 10,000 or so pilots that I must have met in my career, I don't know of any who was seriously affected.
My own Dad's gene pool originated at about the same latitude as yours (and a bit further west), thus he, like your Dad, had a high susceptibility to solar induced cancers, and he got them in working outdoors in the Australian environment. Early detection and cure (excision) in his case saved him, and he is now a healthy 85 year old. You could take the example from your Dad's case by covering up well, or my Dad's in being ever alert to any skin changes and doing something about it.
I wouldn't worry too much about the health aspect Philip, take precautions, and be ever vigilant, and of course - Don't Smoke! What you do have to worry about, if indeed you do want a future in aviation, is your level of education. I'm only familiar with GCSE O and A levels, I don't know what an E level is. There's no reason at all why you can't keep working at your regular job and self-fund your way through external studies to achieve the O, and then the A level. My own son was a lazy bugger and flopped terribly at school, and had to take the 'make-up' to A level externally later, and he's now a Professional Pilot.
You can do the same.
Don't worry, be happy!
Regards,
Old Smokey
Wyler? Enjoy putting people down do you? Could you enlighten us as to your (obviously superior) qualifications?
philip2004uk: Just go for it, otherwise one day you may regret it... don;t worry about radiation etc... you are obviously young (well, younger than me) and have both the time, energy and it seems enthusiasm
Cheers
philip2004uk: Just go for it, otherwise one day you may regret it... don;t worry about radiation etc... you are obviously young (well, younger than me) and have both the time, energy and it seems enthusiasm
Cheers
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Hi Philip,
Unfortunately I am not well informed enough to comment on solar radiation, cancer and becoming a pilot.
However, I can sympathise with you feeling blue now that your mates have left for uni...
My brother is in the same boat - he's a year 'behind' and is still at collage whilst his mates p1ss is up at Unis all over the place. The same thing is happening to me only the other way around - I have graduated while all of my 'frat' mates are still living life out of a kebab box
and actually I miss them (and the lifestyle) terribly.
I found that joining a sports club or gym really helps to keep the blues away, there can surely be nothing worse than wallowing... (It also keeps me away from the 'proon!)
Hopefully this should leave you with the clarity of mind and drive you need to persue your goals!
Good luck!
Unfortunately I am not well informed enough to comment on solar radiation, cancer and becoming a pilot.
However, I can sympathise with you feeling blue now that your mates have left for uni...
My brother is in the same boat - he's a year 'behind' and is still at collage whilst his mates p1ss is up at Unis all over the place. The same thing is happening to me only the other way around - I have graduated while all of my 'frat' mates are still living life out of a kebab box
and actually I miss them (and the lifestyle) terribly.I found that joining a sports club or gym really helps to keep the blues away, there can surely be nothing worse than wallowing... (It also keeps me away from the 'proon!)
Hopefully this should leave you with the clarity of mind and drive you need to persue your goals!
Good luck!
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