Filipino pilot wannabee
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Breaking anyones dream is never smart ... microsoft simulator is definitely not a smooth answer.
so anyways i'll try to give some suggestions:
it depends what your dream is and what you are trying to do. So I'll break the bad news now... if you are trying to be an airline pilot now at 36 and you do not have money to pay for your training then i think it will be impossible to get there... no cadet program will accept you because they usually all have an age limit around 26 years old. So only solution: pay for your entire training.
So now for the good news and how most poeple with little money manage to get through:
If you are just trying to do that as a hobby i don't think it's a big problem, continue your normal job and pay for a flight hour here and there at your own paste until you get your license and you will probably experience the best flying ever and be very satisfied with the realization of your dream.
If you wih to make a living off of it: most pilots will continue there normal job to pay for their flight training until they get a commercial license. Then 2 choices: either try to find a job that will only require your commercial license ( a multi engine license will open more doors for you) or get an instructor license right away and find a job as an instructor and here as long as you have a medical you will always find a school to hire you regardless of your age... the airlines...probably forget it but if you wish to fly bigger then you can try business jet, they won't look too much at your age and more at your experience, will to fly for them, ambitions and capabilities.
Good luck.
Julien
so anyways i'll try to give some suggestions:
it depends what your dream is and what you are trying to do. So I'll break the bad news now... if you are trying to be an airline pilot now at 36 and you do not have money to pay for your training then i think it will be impossible to get there... no cadet program will accept you because they usually all have an age limit around 26 years old. So only solution: pay for your entire training.
So now for the good news and how most poeple with little money manage to get through:
If you are just trying to do that as a hobby i don't think it's a big problem, continue your normal job and pay for a flight hour here and there at your own paste until you get your license and you will probably experience the best flying ever and be very satisfied with the realization of your dream.
If you wih to make a living off of it: most pilots will continue there normal job to pay for their flight training until they get a commercial license. Then 2 choices: either try to find a job that will only require your commercial license ( a multi engine license will open more doors for you) or get an instructor license right away and find a job as an instructor and here as long as you have a medical you will always find a school to hire you regardless of your age... the airlines...probably forget it but if you wish to fly bigger then you can try business jet, they won't look too much at your age and more at your experience, will to fly for them, ambitions and capabilities.
Good luck.
Julien
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I got lucky. Maybe I had good karma from a past life...maybe. One day you just email your CV to the right person, he gives you an interview and everything falls into place. Next thing you know you're in the right seat of a spankin' new ATR. Sometimes your prayers are answered. So don't give up man!
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hi All.. this is my first post.. i am a lurker for some time (2 yrs?) and i could not pass this one up.
First, I am not a pilot (not yet, but going there)... but i really wanted to fly too just like you guys. I have built my experience (technical) around planes and helis since 1988. I have applied for cadet training with PAF school.. but destiny have other plans. so here I am still longing to fly (legally).
I could not pass this one up to answer the negative comments that you throw to the wannabees/newbies... SAN BA KAYO NAGSIMULA (where did you start)? You have to start somewhere... just like driving a car for the first time...
Some of the people here are very negative to some dodo or wannabee who wanted to learn the art of flying. why not give these people a chance? 30 yrs old is not too old to learn to fly. To the guy who started this thread, Go fullfill your dreams. My advise... kung gusto maraming paraan, kung ayaw madaming dahilan (if there's a will there's a way).
Pasalamat nalang yung may mga mayayamang mga magulang. May mayaman kayong mga PAPA. We all know that learning to fly is not cheap.
Now, with regards working with Etihad.. hey.. it is just a dream... i belive you guys really wanted to Fly the F14 like maverick, and not that crappy bus of yours. Let the guy dream. All goals started from a dream...
Re. Yokota.... i know the guy who owns/runs that, but this is not the right place to ask about certain schools. Do your homework... ask the current and former students of yokota. You can gauge the school's performance on the "product" they produce.
To vynbytez.... if everything still does not compute and you still can't earn those wings... the last resort: why not buy a plane, and start a charter company...? and ask your best bud to teach you to fly... di ba madali..?
burnok100
First, I am not a pilot (not yet, but going there)... but i really wanted to fly too just like you guys. I have built my experience (technical) around planes and helis since 1988. I have applied for cadet training with PAF school.. but destiny have other plans. so here I am still longing to fly (legally).
I could not pass this one up to answer the negative comments that you throw to the wannabees/newbies... SAN BA KAYO NAGSIMULA (where did you start)? You have to start somewhere... just like driving a car for the first time...
Some of the people here are very negative to some dodo or wannabee who wanted to learn the art of flying. why not give these people a chance? 30 yrs old is not too old to learn to fly. To the guy who started this thread, Go fullfill your dreams. My advise... kung gusto maraming paraan, kung ayaw madaming dahilan (if there's a will there's a way).
Pasalamat nalang yung may mga mayayamang mga magulang. May mayaman kayong mga PAPA. We all know that learning to fly is not cheap.
Now, with regards working with Etihad.. hey.. it is just a dream... i belive you guys really wanted to Fly the F14 like maverick, and not that crappy bus of yours. Let the guy dream. All goals started from a dream...
Re. Yokota.... i know the guy who owns/runs that, but this is not the right place to ask about certain schools. Do your homework... ask the current and former students of yokota. You can gauge the school's performance on the "product" they produce.
To vynbytez.... if everything still does not compute and you still can't earn those wings... the last resort: why not buy a plane, and start a charter company...? and ask your best bud to teach you to fly... di ba madali..?
burnok100
