QF/ JQ/ VB etc...any older guys getting in??
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J-A-K is right, you have to keep on knocking on the door and of course the more doors you knock on and the more you knock on them the better your chances. Nothing wrong with being the right side of 50, there are many now getting a start with much less experience than you. There were plenty never got started at all in Oz because they were told they needed maths/physics/2020 uncorrected and all the rest of it and there were those of us who persevered and widened our horizons. You must have had persistence to get where you are now but dont let inertia kick in just because of a number. Sometimes you just need to look further afield.
J-A-K is right, you have to keep on knocking on the door and of course the more doors you knock on and the more you knock on them the better your chances. Nothing wrong with being the right side of 50, there are many now getting a start with much less experience than you. There were plenty never got started at all in Oz because they were told they needed maths/physics/2020 uncorrected and all the rest of it and there were those of us who persevered and widened our horizons. You must have had persistence to get where you are now but dont let inertia kick in just because of a number. Sometimes you just need to look further afield.
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Thanks 'FUD' I am aware of all you say, I've been in this topsy turvy industry long enough to know that ya just gotta be in the right place at the right time to get anywhere!
I may 'knock' a little more but the word 'knock' also form part of the word 'knockback'!
'Monk' early 40's means about 10 yrs extra employment for a pilot with a Co. than to myself, another reason why they don't appear to want older guys. After 50 it's not a long term prospect considering health etc. for a Co. to hire someone new esspecially if they don't have a zillion hrs on heavy metal already by that older age.
Still I am not complaining as such, just dissapointed to some degree to read/hear that there is a pilot shortage, where I ask sometimes?
Thanks guys for all yr support anyway
CW
I may 'knock' a little more but the word 'knock' also form part of the word 'knockback'!'Monk' early 40's means about 10 yrs extra employment for a pilot with a Co. than to myself, another reason why they don't appear to want older guys. After 50 it's not a long term prospect considering health etc. for a Co. to hire someone new esspecially if they don't have a zillion hrs on heavy metal already by that older age.
Still I am not complaining as such, just dissapointed to some degree to read/hear that there is a pilot shortage, where I ask sometimes?
Thanks guys for all yr support anyway
CW
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I know your comment is a sarcastic one, but I do want to say that multi-crew jet operations in OZ are extremenly challenging and rewarding. Go for it.
Anyway Multi crew in a fully auto plane is mostly boring I'd say & flown by the lazy, that's why I thought I'd fit right on in !!
Fancy having to work for a living, gawd
Fancy having to work for a living, gawd
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yeah I know 'HF' that's why I said .......'I'd fit right in'..........
I'm not so sure about extremely challenging tho. I flew into Hawaii a couple of times some years ago now & even at that sedate place where the wx is mostly good it was a high work load compared to here in OZ I thought. Hate to imagine what it's like in conditions of snow, severe wind shear & where the traffic is stacked up like pancakes all running on fumes! (so 2 speak)Amazing just to hear the R/T on some busy aerdromes in the states, no place for perfect R/T procedures there!
Still I thank you for yr encouragement I intend to seek heavy metal work but most likely on the other side of the 'fence' where I have a chance of getting somewhere
CW
I'm not so sure about extremely challenging tho. I flew into Hawaii a couple of times some years ago now & even at that sedate place where the wx is mostly good it was a high work load compared to here in OZ I thought. Hate to imagine what it's like in conditions of snow, severe wind shear & where the traffic is stacked up like pancakes all running on fumes! (so 2 speak)Amazing just to hear the R/T on some busy aerdromes in the states, no place for perfect R/T procedures there!
Still I thank you for yr encouragement I intend to seek heavy metal work but most likely on the other side of the 'fence' where I have a chance of getting somewhere
CW
