Giving up the job search
Sorry to hear of your lack of success on the flying front, but your post reeks of positivity, good on you, wishing you all the very best in your future where ever it takes you. Seems like someone has missed out on a desirable recruit.
At last, a (presumably) young person with at least some appreciation of grammar + spelling.
I suggest that if you keep up the good attitude and hard work, and manage a degree in the next few years, you'll do well in life. Well done so far.
I suggest that if you keep up the good attitude and hard work, and manage a degree in the next few years, you'll do well in life. Well done so far.
So sad that flying schools sell people this dream when the jump from CPL to a first job is the hardest bit of all.
I would have advised you to spend that money to get some command time rather than a bunch more qualifications that you can't use until you have...more command time, because that is what really counts. Maybe that is why people seem to be leapfrogging you, if they have more hours in command.
Good luck anyway. You'll look back on these times fondly one day!
I would have advised you to spend that money to get some command time rather than a bunch more qualifications that you can't use until you have...more command time, because that is what really counts. Maybe that is why people seem to be leapfrogging you, if they have more hours in command.
Good luck anyway. You'll look back on these times fondly one day!
Sorry to hear.
Unfortunately it has been like this for many. There are blokes out there that have “made it” who have slogged it out for years who had been in a similar position.
Such a contrast between someone who has lived in Broome/kunnas working at the coles for a year BEFORE starting to earn 40k as a 210 skipper. What is a real kick in the guts are the cadets who are getting to fly 787 out of Brisbane as their first job and all the qlink blokes turning up for their first ever job, ever.
Covid decimated the industry across the board and the people who are having good runs don’t realise the hardship many have faced.
Being a good bloke will get you further than an extra 10 hours in the logbook also in GA though.
Good luck.
Unfortunately it has been like this for many. There are blokes out there that have “made it” who have slogged it out for years who had been in a similar position.
Such a contrast between someone who has lived in Broome/kunnas working at the coles for a year BEFORE starting to earn 40k as a 210 skipper. What is a real kick in the guts are the cadets who are getting to fly 787 out of Brisbane as their first job and all the qlink blokes turning up for their first ever job, ever.
Covid decimated the industry across the board and the people who are having good runs don’t realise the hardship many have faced.
Being a good bloke will get you further than an extra 10 hours in the logbook also in GA though.
Good luck.
I worked for almost 3 years in a pub after the CPL- Instructor rating in the late 60s to early 70s before my first real full time flying job. Never got an airline job in OZ but spent the last 20 years before retirement IC flying wide bodies in one of the best jobs in the world, some of my FOs were in Ansett or TAA when I was flying an Aztec. Just grab every opportunity offered, you never know what lies ahead.
Welcome to the Industry, your experience is how it truly is and always has been. Its a roll of the dice, pure luck being in the right place at the right time, literally. Chin up, good luck with it.
When you finally get into the airlines, you'll here stories of guys you work with much more senior to you, some already Captains, who you'll discover were in the same place as you were at the same time. That's how it is.
When you finally get into the airlines, you'll here stories of guys you work with much more senior to you, some already Captains, who you'll discover were in the same place as you were at the same time. That's how it is.
First thing to do is drop the chip on the shoulder about other peoples achievements. They just happened to tick the right boxes at the right time.
I worked for almost 3 years in a pub after the CPL- Instructor rating in the late 60s to early 70s before my first real full time flying job. Never got an airline job in OZ but spent the last 20 years before retirement IC flying wide bodies in one of the best jobs in the world, some of my FOs were in Ansett or TAA when I was flying an Aztec. Just grab every opportunity offered, you never know what lies ahead.
I worked for almost 3 years in a pub after the CPL- Instructor rating in the late 60s to early 70s before my first real full time flying job. Never got an airline job in OZ but spent the last 20 years before retirement IC flying wide bodies in one of the best jobs in the world, some of my FOs were in Ansett or TAA when I was flying an Aztec. Just grab every opportunity offered, you never know what lies ahead.
Happy to jump on the #freeotispriest though, that's a laugh
Can I ask how many hours you have?
Agreed with deja vu, drop the chip, but only because there will always be someone who you perceive as having it 'easier' than you. Even in GA someone will always walk straight into a 210 without having to wash planes or get their multi upgrade after only 6 months on the single instead of a year, its applicable to every situation. Don't get hung-up and bitter, those blokes are the worst who always make themselves known to be hard done by. Use the slog to your advantage, its well respected through every step of your career and will make you a better person and pilot.
I've spent my entire working life around aviation across Australia and the secret I've discovered is that "relationship" and "trust" are key pretty-much everywhere you go - and even more so in Darwin and the outback - whether that's a ground job or in the pilot's seat. There is simply too much at stake for it to be otherwise. Get to know people who know people and, if your attitude is right, your dream will come true eventually.
Life is too short.
Last edited by Horatio Leafblower; 17th Sep 2023 at 23:32.
thread revived by spam accounts. Even though I said I was quitting in the original post, I actually fly a plane every day now, so I guess I'm a pilot. Living in a donga, getting paid very little. The dream!
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