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There is an initial outlay on gear costs, fully kitted for maybe £4K (used), but you’ll get it all back when you sell up.
I miss it terribly. May take it up again when I retire.
This is nothing like my daft little projects that I never get around to doing - this is my life's dream. I know my chances are slim in the extreme, and the more I think about it, the slimmer they actually are. However - I can't take the money with me when I die, so why not give it a shot ? I have actually flown small aircraft (and a Boeing 767 and BAC 1-11 in proper multi-million pound full-motion sims). It's not difficult. It just requires training. I'm a little put out that you seem to view me as some lunatic fantasist who's just declared he wants to be the first Welshman on the moon. I'll happily admit I play up the oddball act for comedic effect, but there's nothing 'dreamworld' about someone wanting to fly commercially.
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Assuming I get the medical (which is by no means certain, or even probable), then I think my age is my biggest hurdle to employment. However, that said, these two airline captains feel that it's not a hindrance in the current and future market....
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Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
There were reports that some UK pilots (for budget airlines) were on income support, but that could be tabloid nonsense.
First vid..
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I've never had a strong feeling about what my dream job would be.. i've just kind of fallen into what i do and would love to up and leave, but just don't know what i would want to do. Always been a little jealous of people who know what they want to do.
So go for it. Even if you fail, at least you would have tried.
(Also if you succeed, remember those of us here who told you to go for it if you get discount tickets )
Personal responsibility has to come into the choice, surely? The fact that the airline's decision-making process has relaxed a bit just means that they're likely to make enough profit out of you during your employment that they can cover the compensation payouts without making a loss.
Hell, if they read your posts on here and saw your ups and downs over the years, that might be enough to either disqualify you or at least make them look a bit deeper. That's no slight against you; most of us here would also fail such an "emotional stability" test too (myself very much included). Then again, most of us aren't thinking about blasting through the sky at the controls of a pressurised metal tube with the lives of a couple of hundred passengers in our hands
However, if they get to see the candidates' medical histories, then all of a sudden, I'm now not just 'the old guy', but I'm 'the old guy who suffered with depression for x years from 20xx, had two panic attacks in 20xx and a heart attack in 2012' standing next to 'the younger guy' with nothing of any interest on his medical record. The fact that the CAA had declared me fit in this scenario would mean little to the interview panel I suspect if it were me vs the younger guy. This is just standard sifting of applicants. It does not mean I'm more likely than the other guy to suddenly decide to do a Lubitz and take everyone into the Alps at 500mph. If anything, I'd argue to the contrary ! - at least my health (mental and physical) is quantifiable, documented and treated. However, I'm not sure the "real world" of aviation employment thinks like that. Maybe they do. Who knows.
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Calm down, you’ll give yourself a coronary.
I also (from memory, not 100% sure) think your ejection fraction needs to be pretty near normal (ie you can't have "heart failure")