Change of career
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My 1st post here i think, well worth it to comment on quagmiregiggidy's one...man, my heart goes to you, truly emotional words. Portuguese natural, small country but as a lot of us, me too, with 33 and bored out of my mind having "inherited" a family business, decided a few years ago that i needed, not wanted, needed to give wings to a long overdue dream of mine. A dream, that a few years ago was thought only to be fulfilled by traditional heros, real supermen. Well, against all opinions and advices i decided it was the place to go, start my line training...
Had some things to my favour, single, one property to mortgage, and a fierce will to fly a big bird! 1st thing. medicals, all good i'm now one of the supermen who are able to go on...then i found pprune, started reading some posts, the traditional am i too old bla bla bla, and then came to senses...thousands of opinions and posts later, and despite the "oh they re the scaremongers of the business, they always have been around" speech of the training school boss, i've put away the idea of becoming a flyboy, probably a ppl one but line training, no, that i've come to terms that probly not for me...
All you newbies, think, rethink, and then think a little more before you take the plunge!!!
Best wishes to all, happy holidays and a wonderful xmas, specially to you quagmiregiggidy...
Had some things to my favour, single, one property to mortgage, and a fierce will to fly a big bird! 1st thing. medicals, all good i'm now one of the supermen who are able to go on...then i found pprune, started reading some posts, the traditional am i too old bla bla bla, and then came to senses...thousands of opinions and posts later, and despite the "oh they re the scaremongers of the business, they always have been around" speech of the training school boss, i've put away the idea of becoming a flyboy, probably a ppl one but line training, no, that i've come to terms that probly not for me...
All you newbies, think, rethink, and then think a little more before you take the plunge!!!
Best wishes to all, happy holidays and a wonderful xmas, specially to you quagmiregiggidy...
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Quagmiregiggidy does indeed tell it like it is.
Flying is a selfish business.
I hope you get something soon fella. My airline (Jet2) is hiring. (But I guess you knew that already!).
Best wishes to you and your fellow ex-GSMers.
Flying is a selfish business.
I hope you get something soon fella. My airline (Jet2) is hiring. (But I guess you knew that already!).
Best wishes to you and your fellow ex-GSMers.
PPRuNe Handmaiden
Quagmiregiggidy,
I hope your luck changes soon, a very honest post. Good luck.
Wannabe's,
Take heed of Q's post.
I hope your luck changes soon, a very honest post. Good luck.
Wannabe's,
Take heed of Q's post.
stringerbell - go for it if you think it'll make you happy.
Quagmire - I feel so lucky to be sitting here at home right now after reading your story. I honestly wish you all the luck in the world finding a new job. I hope you and your family have a great Christmas never the less.
S88
Quagmire - I feel so lucky to be sitting here at home right now after reading your story. I honestly wish you all the luck in the world finding a new job. I hope you and your family have a great Christmas never the less.
S88
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I stumbled upon this forum and have to say I am truly moved by what Quagmiregiggidy said. I hope your luck changes for the better soon, mate, just hang in there!
As to all the newbies, I am one myself who (only having a PPL at this moment) still wants to fly. At the moment I have a stable job that pays decent enough to be able to afford flight training on and off and although I wish the world economy will come back up in 2 - 3 years I know that it never ever might come back up to the good ol' days of Aviation (pre 9/11).
I also realize I might never even make it to an airliner/cargo or fly a big bird. In fact I might end up flying bush planes in Africa If I am so lucky. Forget the salary and the perks, I think every newbie who wants to change careers has to ask himself if it is worth spending the time and money on training only to fly a single engine puddle jumper (IF you are so lucky), let alone a Jet for a long many years to come...
I am not trying to be a wet blanket here, but trying to find a job in your backyard is not an option anymore. Leaving behind a family to fly in a foreign country with completely strange food/culture might not be easy as well. Just some food for thought.
Having said all this I firmly believe that you only have one life and at the end of it all, it doesn't matter how much money you have amassed, but rather how you have spent that journey and if you have had 'fun' along the way. Of course money wouldn't hurt either...
Just my 2 cents..
I wish you all a Merry X'mas and a Happy New Years. I hope the next year will be a much better one for us all.
Cheers,
-Ace
As to all the newbies, I am one myself who (only having a PPL at this moment) still wants to fly. At the moment I have a stable job that pays decent enough to be able to afford flight training on and off and although I wish the world economy will come back up in 2 - 3 years I know that it never ever might come back up to the good ol' days of Aviation (pre 9/11).
I also realize I might never even make it to an airliner/cargo or fly a big bird. In fact I might end up flying bush planes in Africa If I am so lucky. Forget the salary and the perks, I think every newbie who wants to change careers has to ask himself if it is worth spending the time and money on training only to fly a single engine puddle jumper (IF you are so lucky), let alone a Jet for a long many years to come...
I am not trying to be a wet blanket here, but trying to find a job in your backyard is not an option anymore. Leaving behind a family to fly in a foreign country with completely strange food/culture might not be easy as well. Just some food for thought.
Having said all this I firmly believe that you only have one life and at the end of it all, it doesn't matter how much money you have amassed, but rather how you have spent that journey and if you have had 'fun' along the way. Of course money wouldn't hurt either...
Just my 2 cents..
I wish you all a Merry X'mas and a Happy New Years. I hope the next year will be a much better one for us all.
Cheers,
-Ace
