Giving Up

[aztruck]

I didnt start flying until I was 34, and got my first Airline job at 43. Fly with your heart and save your head for the exams. I've never regretted it, and would change nothing even if I had'nt got a job at the end of it.Apart from the usual advice everyone gets, mine would be- fly twins, NOW, and get every night flying hour in a twin, and if its IMC as well then so much the better.

[bow5]

Spot on. I'm 22 so the age thing for me is not a problem but the funding side of it is. I've toyed with the idea of getting a dull listless office job and flying for a hobby but it's just not the same. I was going to join the RAF in a ground branch but figured I just won't be able to take dealing daily with people doing the job that i've wanted to do evere since I can remember. For me, there is nothing else I want to do. It's that simple, and as such I have to make every sacrifice I can to do it.

Don't give it up because as many have said, you will regret it for ever.

See you on the flightdeck.

Best of luck.

[GJB]

I can't make the decision for you, but as ha sbeen previously said, the industry has perhaps over-reacted to the events of Sep 11.

I have heard many 'insiders' telling of the crew shortages their respective companies will face unless they act now.

If it is the money / commitment question that i shanging over your head, then why not sit it out for another 6 months and make a decision then as to proceed or postpone.

Meanwhile, you DO have a PPL - happy flying!

[QNH1013]

Just hang in there, the industry will pick up and people will always need to travel. That will never change. This bad period will pass. I can imagine the frustration but nothing is ever worth giving up your dream for.