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Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)

30th May 2022, 05:48

Replies: 126

Our son wants to be an airline pilot... I have some questions :)

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Posted By Uplinker

Thank you redsnail. I don't recall that being the...

Thank you redsnail. I don't recall that being the case in the UK airline I flew for at the time, but I might be mistaken. Looking at the state of the industry now though, with some airlines -...

Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)

26th May 2022, 08:51

Replies: 126

Our son wants to be an airline pilot... I have some questions :)

Views: 37,473

Posted By Uplinker

You will call me cynical, but unfortunately...

You will call me cynical, but unfortunately pilots and their union(s) do not stand up for themselves.

Longer EASA duty times were allowed in with barely a murmur. UK allowing EASA licensed pilots...

Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)

16th May 2022, 13:28

Replies: 126

Our son wants to be an airline pilot... I have some questions :)

Views: 37,473

Posted By Uplinker

Hey, don't be rude about Miss Piggy !, (the...

Hey, don't be rude about Miss Piggy !, (the Shorts). The 360 was my first commercial 'plane, and got me on the aviation ladder. Happy days, (although I don't miss having to do the F/O pre-flight...

Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)

16th May 2022, 08:09

Replies: 126

Our son wants to be an airline pilot... I have some questions :)

Views: 37,473

Posted By Uplinker

Some previous posts make a good point too. Your...

Some previous posts make a good point too. Your son should get an alternative career, or at least an alternative skill and qualification before starting down the airline pilot route.

It always...

Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)

15th May 2022, 13:34

Replies: 126

Our son wants to be an airline pilot... I have some questions :)

Views: 37,473

Posted By Uplinker

Ha ha ! Thank you, but don't worry - I am very...

Ha ha ! Thank you, but don't worry - I am very diligent, but am older than you presumably think I am and have had two full and different careers. The first one was not aviation related, the second...

Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)

14th May 2022, 10:03

Replies: 126

Our son wants to be an airline pilot... I have some questions :)

Views: 37,473

Posted By Uplinker

@ Sam Ting Wong: Yes, nowadays terms and...

@ Sam Ting Wong: Yes, nowadays terms and conditions are terrible, the pay and duty hours are terrible and - pilots and their union are terrible at standing up for themselves to get improvements.
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Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)

13th May 2022, 16:06

Replies: 126

Our son wants to be an airline pilot... I have some questions :)

Views: 37,473

Posted By Uplinker

Hi Tim, Just quickly, my responses to a few...

Hi Tim,

Just quickly, my responses to a few of your questions. I trained for my ATPL(A) in 1998, so I might be a little out of date. I don't mean to sound callous or cynical but I will be brief.
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