Yes!
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From: Rip-off Strasse
Yes!
Just thought I`d start the week off by bringing some optimism to the pprune wannabes, and also keep my promise to post when this finally happened. And here`s the good news; I finally managed to get a job flying!!!!!!!
Got the letter in the mail a couple of days ago and have been doing the dance of joy ever since.
Anybody else have some good news they want to share?
Got the letter in the mail a couple of days ago and have been doing the dance of joy ever since.
Anybody else have some good news they want to share?
Congrats
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From: Rip-off Strasse
Hey guys, thanks a lot.
It`s an air taxi outfit. I`ve got 1000 hours total, and I guess I just lucked out. Basically I updated a previous application at just the right time, or so I was told.
It took 10 months (and a lot of CV`s and applications to pretty much "every" company) to finally get a foot in the door, so a lot of pressure is now off my shoulders.
Keep your heads up and remember that persistance pays off!
It`s an air taxi outfit. I`ve got 1000 hours total, and I guess I just lucked out. Basically I updated a previous application at just the right time, or so I was told.
It took 10 months (and a lot of CV`s and applications to pretty much "every" company) to finally get a foot in the door, so a lot of pressure is now off my shoulders.
Keep your heads up and remember that persistance pays off!
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From: Scotland, UK
Hey,
Congratulations. As I have said in another post, I am just going to wait my time. Allow time for the industry to get strong. I am going into the RAF first to gain hours etc. Hopefully the time I leave there will be a job for me somewhere
Congratulations. As I have said in another post, I am just going to wait my time. Allow time for the industry to get strong. I am going into the RAF first to gain hours etc. Hopefully the time I leave there will be a job for me somewhere
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From: Rip-off Strasse
Token Bird,
I got them by instructing - which, by the way, wasn`t as bad as I thought it would be. I actually had a blast, and am still in contact with a lot of my students.
VTOL,
HEAVY is the only way to go 
Ozzy, Sabbath, Ill Nino, Sepultura, and a lot of punk
I got them by instructing - which, by the way, wasn`t as bad as I thought it would be. I actually had a blast, and am still in contact with a lot of my students.
VTOL,
HEAVY is the only way to go
Ozzy, Sabbath, Ill Nino, Sepultura, and a lot of punk
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From: Worcs UK
WWW I think this a route you can take if you dont manage to make it as an instructor. So rather than build a 1000 hours on a PA 28 you can do it in the RAF on something like a Nimrod or a Hercules apparently it carries almost the same credability when looking for a job.
TTFN
MJR
TTFN
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MJR
So 1000 hrs on a heavy 4-engined machine, flying airways around the World carries almost as much credibility as 1000 hrs on a PA28 does it?
Although I have neither, I think I would go for the heavy stuff given the choice. That's if I didn't make as an instructor of course, when the RAF would be sure to snap me up.
So 1000 hrs on a heavy 4-engined machine, flying airways around the World carries almost as much credibility as 1000 hrs on a PA28 does it?
Although I have neither, I think I would go for the heavy stuff given the choice. That's if I didn't make as an instructor of course, when the RAF would be sure to snap me up.
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...and I would suggest that WWW meant that one should not really join the RAF merely to build hours on the way to a commercial job.
If the RAF caught whiff of that ambition (using them as a stepping stone), I suspect they would show you the door!
If the RAF caught whiff of that ambition (using them as a stepping stone), I suspect they would show you the door!
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joining the RAF to HOURS BUILD !!
are you totally insane....?
with a massive war just round the corner, and remember they recruit to fast jets first and foremost, i.e the types you get shot at in
and isn't it an 11 year commitment ?
hell of a way to hours build, but I don't believe they issue ATPLs to the deceased......
are you totally insane....?
with a massive war just round the corner, and remember they recruit to fast jets first and foremost, i.e the types you get shot at in
and isn't it an 11 year commitment ?
hell of a way to hours build, but I don't believe they issue ATPLs to the deceased......
