Hi I just signed up here and im really confused. I and need some help I just got out of a ten year business to peruse a different carrier and im really interested in aviation im 32 years old and Im wondering if that’s to old to start this?.
Im also unsure of the route I want to go, pilot or mechanic? Do I go to school or try to find a job in the industry? Im really confused and could use some guidance. thanks
need some help here !!!!!
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Snagmaster E
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I won't blow sunshine.... It' tough to say the least. I'm not saying that as somebody who's disgruntled or anything (even though I've had a hard go at it), I just want to be honest with you.
If you want to do it, for sure it's fun as hell, but don't expect anything to be easy. That's my opinion. I'm sure there'll be others.
If you want to do it, for sure it's fun as hell, but don't expect anything to be easy. That's my opinion. I'm sure there'll be others.
Money, wish I had it...
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Regruntled
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Anytime somebody asks me if they're too old for this, I tell them: "That's entirely up to you". If you're used to making money and having nice things and living in nice places, and you don't want to give that up, then the answer is yes. Find another good paying job you ENJOY, buy your own airplane and have loads of fun with it. If living the "simple" life (to put it lightly) for a few years, or maybe more than a few years, isn't a problem for you, then neither is your age. I don't think age will hold you back in actually landing a job, since most passengers/bosses like to see some maturity in the person who they're trusting with their lives/livelihood. There are some that won't hire an older person because they're not as easy to push around but trust me: you'll be thankful for that!
I would suggest perusing the forums for a while and read as much on the topic as you can before jumping in. Take some of them with a grain of salt as it's neither as bad as the worst comments nor as good as the best. The more open your eyes are before you commit the better off you'll be.
If you have any more questions, feel free to send a PM. Otherwise, good luck with whatever you choose!
R.
I would suggest perusing the forums for a while and read as much on the topic as you can before jumping in. Take some of them with a grain of salt as it's neither as bad as the worst comments nor as good as the best. The more open your eyes are before you commit the better off you'll be.
If you have any more questions, feel free to send a PM. Otherwise, good luck with whatever you choose!
R.
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Mitch Cronin
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- Location: Right beside my dog again...
My how the grass seems greener when you're on the wrong side of the fence....
Be a mechanic, says Red003... make it home every night says Red003... Hah!
More like, never be at home at night again... except on days off, during which time you're so messed up from working midnights that you're a complete zombie and you won't know the difference between night and day. Weekends mean nothing because there's no such thing as a seven day week... in fact, none of what the rest of the world does means anything at all, because you're on the airline's schedule.
The only reason I can see to choose to become an AME that won't find one extremely disappointed later, is if you have such a love for aircraft that none of that nonsense matters to you. And then, if that's the case, you'll probably always wish you'd gone flying instead.
Playing with airplanes can be a gas for those of us sick enough to find joy in that... It's a truly rewarding feeling having messed with a pile of parts all night long, and then watching it all head skyward in the morning... But it's not a job that you want to find yourself doing just because you couldn't think of something else.
But then, neither is flying.... right?
Be a mechanic, says Red003... make it home every night says Red003... Hah!
More like, never be at home at night again... except on days off, during which time you're so messed up from working midnights that you're a complete zombie and you won't know the difference between night and day. Weekends mean nothing because there's no such thing as a seven day week... in fact, none of what the rest of the world does means anything at all, because you're on the airline's schedule.
The only reason I can see to choose to become an AME that won't find one extremely disappointed later, is if you have such a love for aircraft that none of that nonsense matters to you. And then, if that's the case, you'll probably always wish you'd gone flying instead.
Playing with airplanes can be a gas for those of us sick enough to find joy in that... It's a truly rewarding feeling having messed with a pile of parts all night long, and then watching it all head skyward in the morning... But it's not a job that you want to find yourself doing just because you couldn't think of something else.
But then, neither is flying.... right?
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ROUNDPOUNDER
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- Location: MB for now
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ROUNDPOUNDER
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Do it. Your old enough to realize that being a pilot won't land you tons of chicks, or tons of cash. I’m not going to lie to you. Like anything else in life there will be highs and lows.
Don't take everything you here in this cynical business to heart. Keep in mind that most of those who tell you not to get in, are a decade younger and I don't see many of them walking away. It's not as though a guy in his early twenties is committed for life, simply because he has acquired student loans. Many who will hand out advice that you not pursue aviation as a career, have never put in an honest days work in their life. They would like you to believe that flying for a living is a tough, thankless, joyless existence. Well 14+ years in the business and I still enjoy going to work everyday and I’ll tell you a secret. Flying is a lot of fun and it ain't that tough. As a person who chose float flying, rather than join the never-ending pursuit of the perfect jet job and who paid hour by hour with my own money for my training. I have had the privilege to take on some real shit jobs. (Tim Horton's cashier, A&W cook, adult newspaper boy, courier driver, several summers and winters of fuelling/loading and washing airplanes for whiney pilots and driving strippers and escorts to work). With the exception of the strippers and escorts job, every flying job on its worst day was better then the best day anywhere else. I know I’ve said it a million times before, but if you feel that this is something you really want to do, don’t be the guy who buys McDonalds food and goes and sits at the end of the runway watching pilots with swollen heads through a barbwire fence, while you work your joyless 9 to 5 job, until it really is too late.
Don't take everything you here in this cynical business to heart. Keep in mind that most of those who tell you not to get in, are a decade younger and I don't see many of them walking away. It's not as though a guy in his early twenties is committed for life, simply because he has acquired student loans. Many who will hand out advice that you not pursue aviation as a career, have never put in an honest days work in their life. They would like you to believe that flying for a living is a tough, thankless, joyless existence. Well 14+ years in the business and I still enjoy going to work everyday and I’ll tell you a secret. Flying is a lot of fun and it ain't that tough. As a person who chose float flying, rather than join the never-ending pursuit of the perfect jet job and who paid hour by hour with my own money for my training. I have had the privilege to take on some real shit jobs. (Tim Horton's cashier, A&W cook, adult newspaper boy, courier driver, several summers and winters of fuelling/loading and washing airplanes for whiney pilots and driving strippers and escorts to work). With the exception of the strippers and escorts job, every flying job on its worst day was better then the best day anywhere else. I know I’ve said it a million times before, but if you feel that this is something you really want to do, don’t be the guy who buys McDonalds food and goes and sits at the end of the runway watching pilots with swollen heads through a barbwire fence, while you work your joyless 9 to 5 job, until it really is too late.
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just another pilot
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