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I didn't say I was going to be a pilot. I merely asked was I mental for considering starting down that path at my age.
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They have weapons officers but there aren't many vacancies for those in easyJet.
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Be careful relying on the inheritance.
Five years ago my mum-in-law became very ill and had to go into a nursing home. Man, the fees were astronomic, I think they were £500 - £600 a week. She didn't have much money, so the local council took a charge on the house. As it happened she didn't live too long after that, so the kids got the house without having to pay too much back but it doesn't take long at £24,000 a year to eat up the value of the house. Not sure if it varies from England to Wales etc, but this happened in Wales.
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If you want to fly, have the money and haven't even been bothered to do a PPL in this time, I'm confuddled!
(Oh, and FFS, don't judge your whole life by what might have been!)
Lastly, I haven't done my PPL as becoming an ATPL has been impossible for me for all of my life, therefore why bother ?
I have no interest in General Aviation. There was no point in getting a PPL if it could lead nowhere, which, as explained in my opening post, was the case due to my colour vision.
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But if reading the tales from dangerously overworked pilots hasn't dissuaded you (were you now, at least, shocked?), I suppose nothing will.
So do it now, or kick yourself later
Sadly, a PPL wouldn't cut it for me - though I'm not ruling it out if I fail with the big jets. With a PPL, I'm not going to be cruising at 40,000ft over the Alps, flying into major international airports with all the complexities that entails or sat in what these days resembles the bridge of the Starship Enterprise. Not to mention the fact that with a PPL, it's costing me £150 per hour to rent just a little Cessna !!
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Personally, I don't see the fun in high-altitude non-aerobatic flight; 90% autopilot and 80% flying over featureless cloud cover. Worse (MHO) the personal responsibility for risk-assessment vs airline performance pressures for airline pilots are a recipe for any number of stress-related problems. B*gg*r that for a game of soldiers.
> and playing down the Dog & Duck is the same as playing Wembley Stadium ?
Well, flying a modern airliner is more like pressing the Play button on your Mac laptop at Wembley Stadium and pretending you're a musician
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