Left it late, doing it anyway, but where and how?
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Sam,
I am in my mid 30s and I was going integrated (still got selection booked) until the last minute when I took on board comments from Wee Weasley Welshman and Scroggs and Co. and thought about it 'Will I really go into a job (regardless of jet or anything else) after graduation after having parted with SEVENTY BIG ONES??? OR after pricing it all out on Excel lol as WWW and others have suggested you can do it for about 40K, see the world, have a last adventure in your life, have some variety and maybe JUST maybe get some kind of a job, WHATEVER it may be.....the fact is that modular is an appealing way to do it rather than be institutionalised at your age, you might have a great road trip!!!! The key is, you have some money left over for OPTIONS afterwards- you will have options!! After 70 or 80K, options on me are running out..... but maybe you're loaded, I dunno!!! Go for it anyway..... I'm starting at OAT modular (Just for the groundschool) in Jan, their books (or maybe Jeppesens are good)......
BTW those figures include an FI rating with night PLUS a treat-yourself-closest-I-might-get-to-a-jet-MCC (I know WWW will kill me for this!!!)- at Jetlinx LOL
GOOD LUCK!!!
I am in my mid 30s and I was going integrated (still got selection booked) until the last minute when I took on board comments from Wee Weasley Welshman and Scroggs and Co. and thought about it 'Will I really go into a job (regardless of jet or anything else) after graduation after having parted with SEVENTY BIG ONES??? OR after pricing it all out on Excel lol as WWW and others have suggested you can do it for about 40K, see the world, have a last adventure in your life, have some variety and maybe JUST maybe get some kind of a job, WHATEVER it may be.....the fact is that modular is an appealing way to do it rather than be institutionalised at your age, you might have a great road trip!!!! The key is, you have some money left over for OPTIONS afterwards- you will have options!! After 70 or 80K, options on me are running out..... but maybe you're loaded, I dunno!!! Go for it anyway..... I'm starting at OAT modular (Just for the groundschool) in Jan, their books (or maybe Jeppesens are good)......
BTW those figures include an FI rating with night PLUS a treat-yourself-closest-I-might-get-to-a-jet-MCC (I know WWW will kill me for this!!!)- at Jetlinx LOL
GOOD LUCK!!!
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If you are definately going down this road then I think if you can afford it you should go intergrated. There is a lot to be said about intergrated and i think at you're age it COULD make all the difference.
Personally, I think the extra 20k is justified, but that is purely my opinion.
I know what i am going to do.
Best of luck
Jam
If you are definately going down this road then I think if you can afford it you should go intergrated. There is a lot to be said about intergrated and i think at you're age it COULD make all the difference.
Personally, I think the extra 20k is justified, but that is purely my opinion.
I know what i am going to do.
Best of luck
Jam
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Good thread because it fits me too.
At 47 I am embarking upon my PPL with a view to progressing further if possible. (modular though)
I realised that an airline would not view me favourably but its the flying that I want, not the kudos of walking through passengers on my way to the plane.
Any flying would be good and a freight/taxi job on turbo props or otherwise would be welcome.
Will I get a job at the end of this?..who knows but if I give up at the first hurdle I never will.
Like has been said, if nothing else, I am going to enjoy the ride and if I end up broke with no job, well, nobody can take anything with them when we reach the end of the runway for the last time but I will have had a damned good time while it lasted.
Shane.
At 47 I am embarking upon my PPL with a view to progressing further if possible. (modular though)
I realised that an airline would not view me favourably but its the flying that I want, not the kudos of walking through passengers on my way to the plane.
Any flying would be good and a freight/taxi job on turbo props or otherwise would be welcome.
Will I get a job at the end of this?..who knows but if I give up at the first hurdle I never will.
Like has been said, if nothing else, I am going to enjoy the ride and if I end up broke with no job, well, nobody can take anything with them when we reach the end of the runway for the last time but I will have had a damned good time while it lasted.
Shane.
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May I suggest that before you do anything, get booked onto a GAPAN assessment day (www.gapan.org). They put you through a subset of the RAF apptitude tests and apparently, the results are taken seriously by most airlines (so I'm told - Scroggs?). Malgus certainly provided a fast track route on their scheme for those with a "High" or "High Average".
The bonus is a half-hour de-brief with an experienced commercial pilot.
The bonus is a half-hour de-brief with an experienced commercial pilot.
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Hi soneraisam
Started training in my mid-thirties but still kept my boring office job. Now 39 and flying t/p and loving every minute of it (still applying for jets though
). Got knocked back by CX cause I didnt meet the age/experience requirement stated on their website but have interviews with UK operators coming up.
Got my first job because I WAS older. Operator wanted someone he thought would hang around more than a year (what I've done).
RL
Started training in my mid-thirties but still kept my boring office job. Now 39 and flying t/p and loving every minute of it (still applying for jets though
). Got knocked back by CX cause I didnt meet the age/experience requirement stated on their website but have interviews with UK operators coming up.Got my first job because I WAS older. Operator wanted someone he thought would hang around more than a year (what I've done).
RL
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Hi Soneraisam
I held a PPL for a few years, but then did a modular fATPL. Overall in 13 months part time(14 weeks away from work over the 13 months).
I'm sure if you do modular full time and are happy to work hard at it, you can do it as fast if not faster than integrated.
Started with bgs when I was 43 finished at 44, employed on T/P at 45.
PM for more info.
good luck
gdn
I held a PPL for a few years, but then did a modular fATPL. Overall in 13 months part time(14 weeks away from work over the 13 months).
I'm sure if you do modular full time and are happy to work hard at it, you can do it as fast if not faster than integrated.
Started with bgs when I was 43 finished at 44, employed on T/P at 45.
PM for more info.
good luck
gdn
