One hurdle over
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One hurdle over
I am 37 work full time in the Insurance Industry.
I have manged in the past 18 months to get through the CAA technicals, CPL navs because techs were expiring and ATPL navs finished this month, with a Nav resit at 92%, thanks to Pete Lines! And remain a top producing salesman.
I hate to think what my blood pressure has been!!!!!
It has been a bloody nightmare!!!! but I would like to thank the inspiration that I have gained from this site.
I have a PPL 150 hrs total
JAR class One medical.
At my mature age should I do CPL module IMC and FI rating, Start instructing and build hours.
As it would appear that jobs as a Frozen ATPL with IR and low hours are pretty difficult to obtain.
I know I will not earn much as an instructor , but it is a start, and I do not want to be selling Insurance for the rest of my life!!!!
Will my sales and marketing background help me in my challenge to fly for a living?
Any advice gratefully received.
By the way I have Wife who without whom I could not have got through the exams, and two kids, and a cat. My Wife works, and she is totally behind me, even after I have told her what flying instructors get paid.
I have manged in the past 18 months to get through the CAA technicals, CPL navs because techs were expiring and ATPL navs finished this month, with a Nav resit at 92%, thanks to Pete Lines! And remain a top producing salesman.
I hate to think what my blood pressure has been!!!!!
It has been a bloody nightmare!!!! but I would like to thank the inspiration that I have gained from this site.
I have a PPL 150 hrs total
JAR class One medical.
At my mature age should I do CPL module IMC and FI rating, Start instructing and build hours.
As it would appear that jobs as a Frozen ATPL with IR and low hours are pretty difficult to obtain.
I know I will not earn much as an instructor , but it is a start, and I do not want to be selling Insurance for the rest of my life!!!!
Will my sales and marketing background help me in my challenge to fly for a living?
Any advice gratefully received.
By the way I have Wife who without whom I could not have got through the exams, and two kids, and a cat. My Wife works, and she is totally behind me, even after I have told her what flying instructors get paid.
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I'm sure you'll get lots of advice, help and encouragement from others who, like you, have started their conversion to a flying career late in life. Captain Pprune himself was one such. Congratulations on your PPL and class 1.
I couldn't help chuckling at your style of prose - you didn't need to tell us that you were in sales and marketing. One-sentence paragraphs that read like a press-release are an instant giveaway! Don't use this style when you start writing CVs, as it's very wearing to read.
Best of luck!
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I couldn't help chuckling at your style of prose - you didn't need to tell us that you were in sales and marketing. One-sentence paragraphs that read like a press-release are an instant giveaway! Don't use this style when you start writing CVs, as it's very wearing to read.
Best of luck!
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SB,
Pleased to see you got through. You will need to watch that July 2002 date with care. I've had protracted correspendence with the faceless ones, but dispite my request for a meeting with LR, have failed to get one.
Also, they have been very un sympathetic to all my arguments.
I think they will get a lot of trouble over this next year if they don't change that dead line.
As for myself, I'm comming close to throwing the towel in. After a lot of bangng my head against the wall, it now hurts.
If I do chuck it all in, I'll make a load of noise in the process.
We should meet and mull it over.
See ya
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Pleased to see you got through. You will need to watch that July 2002 date with care. I've had protracted correspendence with the faceless ones, but dispite my request for a meeting with LR, have failed to get one.
Also, they have been very un sympathetic to all my arguments.
I think they will get a lot of trouble over this next year if they don't change that dead line.
As for myself, I'm comming close to throwing the towel in. After a lot of bangng my head against the wall, it now hurts.
If I do chuck it all in, I'll make a load of noise in the process.
We should meet and mull it over.
See ya
PS
