Funding flying...
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Funding flying...
Absolute nightmare...
But cant help but want to do it, like most of us, its in my blood!! So more begging, stealing and borrowing for me then, unless there is a wealthy man/women on here that would like a toy boy, muhaha.
I knew I should of worked at McDonald's, would of had atleast 2 stars by now
But cant help but want to do it, like most of us, its in my blood!! So more begging, stealing and borrowing for me then, unless there is a wealthy man/women on here that would like a toy boy, muhaha.
I knew I should of worked at McDonald's, would of had atleast 2 stars by now
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Already applied, apparantly I dont have enough hours for the one way pilot role.
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Flying powerless has never been something that has held interest for me, but the sydicate is a great idea, thanks!
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Flying powerless has never been something that has held interest for me, but the sydicate is a great idea, thanks!
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I knew I should of worked at McDonald's, would of had
I am pulling your leg but there is a serious side to my post too. If you write
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National Minimum Wage.
I'm afraid that the route many pilots take is to realise that they've paid off a fair chunk of their mortgage, and adding a piddling little £10k or so back onto it to pay for the PPL is not a big deal.
I'm afraid that the route many pilots take is to realise that they've paid off a fair chunk of their mortgage, and adding a piddling little £10k or so back onto it to pay for the PPL is not a big deal.
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Actually I did work at McDonald's when I was 16/17 and it was maybe one or two months after I started that the star system was abolished. Apparently it had something to do with human rights and the recognition of incompetence. So instead we had little pin badges symbolising our achievements and the staff that were incompetent had no visible lack of anything.
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Do what i did mate, fly gliders for 10 years in a very on and off fashion, get a ball crippling incredibly busy job in London which pays really well, never fly again because sleep becomes a priority. Do this until at 35 you realise you are burnt out, chuck it all in and go back to NZ. Drive directly to the nearest aeroclub and spend the next 5 months flying until you get a handshake from the CFI.Its the 168 step plan!
Actually I did work at McDonald's when I was 16/17 and it was maybe one or two months after I started that the star system was abolished. Apparently it had something to do with human rights and the recognition of incompetence. So instead we had little pin badges symbolising our achievements and the staff that were incompetent had no visible lack of anything.
It is, I'm currently in my 4th and 5th syndicates.
Depends what sort of syndicate you join, but it is entirely possible, once you've paid your initial share, to pay half per hour what you do renting, rather less if you are prepared to join a really cheap syndicate on a permit aeroplane / microlight.
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Have you considered an Air Cadets VGS that operate the Vigilant (Grob 109B) ?
Pitch up, work hard, be keen and you'll start getting some free flying, stick with it and after a while you'll find yourself able to take cadets on Famil flights and eventually instruct.
You'll also make a lot of new friends and enjoy a great social scene if its still anything like my old VGS.....!
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Pitch up, work hard, be keen and you'll start getting some free flying, stick with it and after a while you'll find yourself able to take cadets on Famil flights and eventually instruct.
You'll also make a lot of new friends and enjoy a great social scene if its still anything like my old VGS.....!
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So more begging, stealing and borrowing for me then, unless there is a wealthy man/women on here that would like a toy boy, muhaha.
If hereI knew I should of worked at McDonald's, would of had atleast 2 stars by now
If hereI knew I should of worked at McDonald's, would of had atleast 2 stars by now
If this is the top of invention in UK, so help you God...
Do we see the last days of western civilisation??
If somebody here in Central/Eastern Europe want to be better off, starts his own business. Do the same. Work!!
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If this is the top of invention in UK, so help you God...
Do we see the last days of western civilisation??
Do we see the last days of western civilisation??
There is an easier way to make a quick buck for flying; join either the Royal Naval Reserves, Territorial Army or RAF Reserves, get deployed to somewhere exciting and spend all the money you've made on removing the rust in your flying.
Probably be better off in the TA, actually, because the RNR aren't looking to mobilise for some time now, and I'm not sure what the RAF Reserves do! Although you'll probably be sent to the 'stan rather than somewhere exciting.
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"Do the same. Work!!"
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The girlfriend, car, house and most other living expenses have a good way of keeping flying at the bottom of my financial priority list!
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The girlfriend, car, house and most other living expenses have a good way of keeping flying at the bottom of my financial priority list!
My girlfriend is a modern lady with her own income and she would never expect me to pay for any of her expenses in life. My car is worth £500 and my living expenses is kept low since I rarely buy any new clothes or feel that I have any need to upgrade to latest flat screen tv or leather sofa to impress on my friends and neighbours.