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So, to start. The first thread I want to include examines some of the disadvantages of being an airline pilot, and debunks some of the popularly held misconceptions of what this life is like.
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Please Note: Some of these links may have been broken by the passage of time.
[9th November 2011]
Don’t want to look any further?
Wannabe a pilot! (And I don’t want to do a search.) Warning! You’ll end up back here…
Why do you want to fly?
Do You Really Want To Do This?
Airline Pilot or Flying Instructor?
If that’s depressed you, find some inspiration here:
Pilot Pete’s story from PPL to 757
Typical Rosters for WWW and Scroggs (in 2001)
So You Want to be a Pilot? (GAPAN Publication)
Some general background info about the process of gaining an ATPL – read this if you’re not sure how it works!
Where do you find the info for licences?
Flight Crew Licencing and LASORS
And, for those of you who wish to (and may) fly in Australia:
Medical Issues
Aptitude Tests
GAPAN Tests – A Good Indicator?
What course should you take?
A Question for the Professionals
The never-ending ‘Modular vs. Integrated’ debate.
How important are the ATPL exam marks?
What does it cost, and where does the money come from?
The Cost of Achieving that fATPL
School-specific threads:
Flight Training Europe (Jerez)
Looking for accommodation near your chosen school?
The Master Accommodation Thread
Are you too old to begin training? This has been covered hundreds of times; the threads included here are just a selection!
The perpetual ‘Am I Too Old? And How Old Is Too Old?’ thread
What qualifications should you attempt at school/university when looking towards airline sponsorships?
What A-levels (and degree course)?
Should you get a degree, or not?
The business of actually getting a job: Constructing a CV or resume, and interview techniques
Some words of advice to Wannabes at all levels
What are your chances of getting a job?
What effect does having a conviction have on your chances of a job?
Criminal Conviction – A Problem?
What should you wear to interviews?
Airline-specific information
Ryanair – some thought-provoking information
Fancy the military option?
Leaving the Military to go Civil?
Military Pilot to Civilian Flying?
And a bit of fun!
Interview Questions From Hell!
Scroggs
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=131649
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