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insight into the industry.
Is there anyway of applying for job experience with a pilot?
I was thinking of maybe an airline letting you go with the pilots on a flight to see what it was like.
I have heard alot of negative things lately about becoming a pilot,i mean is it really that bad.People say that you are underpayed, but i think £28k is a good wage.
People say they hate being in a cramped flight deck for 5 hours but I actually like the idea of that in a strange way becuse i have always loved the idea of doing that for a living, as my work experince involved sitting in a van 11 hours a day just speaking to my grandad.And if i way payed a starting salary of £25k a year for doing that all day, i would love it, but i love flying so pilot sounds verry good carrer for me to go for.
I know i will probally get a load of negative points from people for this, but i would just like some of the pros of being a pilot for once
Thanks josh
I was thinking of maybe an airline letting you go with the pilots on a flight to see what it was like.
I have heard alot of negative things lately about becoming a pilot,i mean is it really that bad.People say that you are underpayed, but i think £28k is a good wage.
People say they hate being in a cramped flight deck for 5 hours but I actually like the idea of that in a strange way becuse i have always loved the idea of doing that for a living, as my work experince involved sitting in a van 11 hours a day just speaking to my grandad.And if i way payed a starting salary of £25k a year for doing that all day, i would love it, but i love flying so pilot sounds verry good carrer for me to go for.
I know i will probally get a load of negative points from people for this, but i would just like some of the pros of being a pilot for once
Thanks josh
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No its not a bad job, but it is a job. No access to the the flight deck for anyone except flight crew and CAA inspectors since September 11th.
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Not totally correct... access only granted now to Company staff - ie Flightdeck, Cabin Crew, Ground staff with authorisation & the CAA.
Regarding work experience - I think you will struggle to get onto a flightdeck for a flight as you would not technically be employed by the airline.
Cabin crew often get to sit in on a takeoff and landing when they have just come on-line to get a perspective.
Your better bet would be to try and get in on a sim session with a crew - obviously this is all going to be alarms and bells going off but still a good insight
Regarding work experience - I think you will struggle to get onto a flightdeck for a flight as you would not technically be employed by the airline.
Cabin crew often get to sit in on a takeoff and landing when they have just come on-line to get a perspective.
Your better bet would be to try and get in on a sim session with a crew - obviously this is all going to be alarms and bells going off but still a good insight
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Does it have to be actual work experience or do you just want an insight into what a pilot actually does? If its work experience with an airline specifically, its going to be tough as you will struggle to get airside to see any of the really interesting bits but I think the CAA can very occasionally grant some special waivers. I was very fortunate to get to work experience with Virgin Atlantic with the line engineers on the 747s based out at Gatwick but that was very much a case of who I knew!
One idea I had was perhaps you approaching one of the flight training organisations - if you go in marketing yourself in the correct way, I'm sure they would let you have a look at the facilities and if you talk to the right people, you may well be able to get in a full motion simulator to watch some of the advanced training. I did this a while back before I started my training and was very impressed with how professional the guys flying were - it was a very good example of what a pilot actually does. Oxford Aviation Training might be a good start as they have pretty good facilities and the guy up there in charge would probably think you are a pretty smart young man doing this much research into your future career. Might be a dead end but would be a very good insight.
One idea I had was perhaps you approaching one of the flight training organisations - if you go in marketing yourself in the correct way, I'm sure they would let you have a look at the facilities and if you talk to the right people, you may well be able to get in a full motion simulator to watch some of the advanced training. I did this a while back before I started my training and was very impressed with how professional the guys flying were - it was a very good example of what a pilot actually does. Oxford Aviation Training might be a good start as they have pretty good facilities and the guy up there in charge would probably think you are a pretty smart young man doing this much research into your future career. Might be a dead end but would be a very good insight.
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Ok thanks, i posted this thread because i read a post named"do you really want to do this" which was just a whole three paragraphs saying how bad of a job being pilot was, and it just worried me because i didnt want to do a career that would ruin my life.I was just wondering how bad the airline industry is, because i belived airlines treated and valued the pilots well, but please correct me if im wrong.
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I don't know if this will help but when i was 14 i was lucky enough to conduct my work experience at Bristol Flying centre, I was taken up 3 times during the week, i joined up on an early morning charter providing traffic reports for radio, an IR lesson and finally on a trip down to Plymouth where i had the oppertunity to ask engineers, ops etc many questions. During the time i wasn't in the air i was annoying biz jet pilots in the crew lounge and conducting basic ground handling duties like refuelling. All in all this has to have been one of the highlights of my -16 compulsory eductaion and gave me a huge insight into the journey to that elusive RHS. I suggest you look around your area at local aerodromes and do anything, from there you can blag your way into joining up on lessons, not big jets but still flying and still looks good on the CV.
Good luck
Good luck
