If this kids only main problem here by some others is his spelling then I wish I was that dumb ! Oh to be 16 again & know what I know now !:bored:
Youth is something that you never can improve on or keep. Wisdom on the other hand (like spelling) you gain & hopefully take thru life getting better all the time!:)
You want advice???............read again here over & over again, stay at school & dream of commanding a 747 for dreams are what life is all about !

Luck be with you

CW:)

Dont forget to take time to smell the roses (and flowers for that matter:ok:) on the way josh. Its not a race.

Enjoy now mate.

dude, I would have come and replied earlier, but finding internet in this italian valley is like finding a needle in a beach...
anyway..
i've started my GFPT, I am doing year 12 this year, I reckon you should stay at school.

My training is happening with a lesson every 2 weeks on a weekend, giving me time for school, and the way i'm reading my BAK/SPL books ill be finished by the time school starts meaning it will be a bit less of a study load for me from a flying POV (ive read half my bak book in 2 days)

I might recommend to you (like what i have done), wait until the next summer holidays if you are that eager, and get a good foot into your training during the holidays, so it wont be such a big move to get started once school starts for the year.

A number of other considerations have to be taken into account with flying as a career, and these include:

1. Health what are you going to do if for some reason you fail your medical or something happens and you get injured and cannot hold a pilots licence. I have seen two guys under the age of 30, lose their licence's on medical grounds. Good thing they were paid up with the loss of licence insurance!!

2. At sometime in your flying career you will be unemployed for any number of reasons including the company has gone bankrupt, downturn in the economy or lost a contract to a competitor.

3. Flying is job that may also require you to live in a remote area,for some period of time. The novelty of living in Port Headland, Oenpelli, Gove may wear of after sometime and may require a career change.

4. You may decide after flying a C210 in a remote area on ****ty dollars perhaps you could do better career by going back to university, good thing dad and mum made you do year 12.

5. I have also seen a few pilots careers cut short by fellow pilots putting knives in their back or Chief pilots not liking you for some reason or another.
Only have to read Jon Johansen book to find about the joys of dealing with a chief pilot that had a chip on both shoulders and was generally a large useless **** and now enjoys driving taxis !

So a number of things can happen in life so it good to have all bases covered.

If you happend to live in Brisbane i could line you up with a half decent paying job! Although when people ask for a hand, they're always in based in Melbourne.

I applaud everyones comments on this thread, it's to be commended. The aviation industry bands together every now and again, despite us not agreeing on all arguments. A bit like an eclipse of sorts lol.

Hope you do well through school, i wish i could go back, the freedom, your mates, the women! Unbelievable! :D

Cheers

I left school at yr 10 (NSW 4th form) back in 1974.
If I regret anything it is maybe the fact that I did not study hard enough at school nor have the drive to go onto tertiary education. School is such a short part of your life. Cherish it and get as much from it as you can. There is plenty of time to pursue the career goals later on.