FLYER Professional Flight Training Show, 4th Nov '06
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I went along for an hour. Wanted to hear the seminars on the funding and the interview techniques, but seeing the size of the box they were doing it in, compared to previous events when they used a large confrence room, I didn't bother sticking around as it was already pretty full 30 mins before they were due to start.
Got a couple of nice key rings from the girl on the Jeppeson stand though !!.
Oh, used my usual trick to get in again, although I did notice that this time around they made everyone wear those little red wrist tags (they must have read my post on last years event
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Got a couple of nice key rings from the girl on the Jeppeson stand though !!.
Oh, used my usual trick to get in again, although I did notice that this time around they made everyone wear those little red wrist tags (they must have read my post on last years event
).
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Did anyone speak to the FO from Eastern?
I left without getting his email address and if anyone would like to pm with it I would be grateful.
Thanks.
I left without getting his email address and if anyone would like to pm with it I would be grateful.
Thanks.
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Ricko et al,
I wouldn't be too dismayed that you missed the show. Frankly my experience with them is that I didn't find anything out that I didn't already at least half understand; and that the way in to commercial aviation isn't as cut and shut as some people believe, and worse, will have you believe.
I'd like to think that you won't put your plans on hold until the next flyer gig as very realistically, with hard work you could well find yourself in a flight instructors job or even flying aerial survey. Since gaining my PPL I have found very little of interest on this part of the site as I can find most of the information pertinant to me through the people tht I have met on the way.
Now maybe I have been lucky in finding the myself in the position that I am in now, certain people have told me this too. But frankly, that luck was made by myself, for going out and working for bottom dollar on an airfield with a well known vintage aviation company. There is always work to be done for your club or the other clubs that you will find dotted around the country. Keeping face at your airfield is an important tool in gaining information and sharing ideas and backdoors. Most importantly, you will find good new friends at airfields because everyone there has a common interest in aviation, in beer, in chit-chatting about aviation and beer and about one in eight of the people you meet would love nothing more than to go and have a game of badminton with you when you've had about all the aviation that you can have for one week.
What am I trying to say?
Being a clubman and meeting people who can talk aviation untl the cows come home will help you in keeping motivated with the long, arduous task of becoming a professional aviator, you will make many new friendships (the people I am fondest of are the people that I have met in this last year [yes even you Tiger_Moth]) and this will be appreciated by your less-aeronautically-fond current friends as you can get all of your aviation patter out before you go to meet them for a drink!!!
Now, go out there and enjoy your flying
Regards
D'vay
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I wouldn't be too dismayed that you missed the show. Frankly my experience with them is that I didn't find anything out that I didn't already at least half understand; and that the way in to commercial aviation isn't as cut and shut as some people believe, and worse, will have you believe.
I'd like to think that you won't put your plans on hold until the next flyer gig as very realistically, with hard work you could well find yourself in a flight instructors job or even flying aerial survey. Since gaining my PPL I have found very little of interest on this part of the site as I can find most of the information pertinant to me through the people tht I have met on the way.
Now maybe I have been lucky in finding the myself in the position that I am in now, certain people have told me this too. But frankly, that luck was made by myself, for going out and working for bottom dollar on an airfield with a well known vintage aviation company. There is always work to be done for your club or the other clubs that you will find dotted around the country. Keeping face at your airfield is an important tool in gaining information and sharing ideas and backdoors. Most importantly, you will find good new friends at airfields because everyone there has a common interest in aviation, in beer, in chit-chatting about aviation and beer and about one in eight of the people you meet would love nothing more than to go and have a game of badminton with you when you've had about all the aviation that you can have for one week.
What am I trying to say?
Being a clubman and meeting people who can talk aviation untl the cows come home will help you in keeping motivated with the long, arduous task of becoming a professional aviator, you will make many new friendships (the people I am fondest of are the people that I have met in this last year [yes even you Tiger_Moth]) and this will be appreciated by your less-aeronautically-fond current friends as you can get all of your aviation patter out before you go to meet them for a drink!!!
Now, go out there and enjoy your flying
Regards
D'vay
x
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Well as a fully qualified guy, I have to say for me personally, it was a great networking tool, at least two cvs sent off following requests from airline people there!
