Sun Mar 21, 2021 11:45 am
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Dear Friends,
I came here to ask your advice, hoping that you could shine a new light on the pickle that I’m in... my current situation:
- STEM BSc degree
- recently promoted to a well paying job
- 150h TT/ 100h PIC on SEP
- ATPL(A) theory completed last summer
I have enough savings at the moment to finish the cpl me ir part of the training, however I currently don’t see the point in finishing anytime soon due to the whole covid situation.
I have an oppertunity to start a Masters degree (2 yrs) and deepen the knowledge in my current field of work, this would be parttime at first (combined with work) but transition into full time around 2022 for the remainder of the program, effectively killing my source of income and forcing me to live off of my savings.
Thus the hard part is the following:
- I will be around 30 when everything (degree, cplmeir) is finished.
- My atpl theory will lapse somewhere along the course ~2,5y remaining.
- I will need to take atleast a 3mo university break to finish the cplmeir abroad as it is very expensive in my home country.
- I will need to keep everything valid afterwards (€€€) while on a student budget.
- If by any magic chance a flying job will appear, I will probably have to abandon my degree which I’ve invested x years in, without any return.
It feels as if I have to choose for one or another; a (uncertain) flying career or an academic career.
I am to heavily invested into flying (time and moneywise) to just abandon it, and flying around the field on a sunday every once in a while just doesn’t cut it for me either.
Combining studying and flying seems like a pickle, any advice on that, or any advice in general?
Thanks!
I came here to ask your advice, hoping that you could shine a new light on the pickle that I’m in... my current situation:
- STEM BSc degree
- recently promoted to a well paying job
- 150h TT/ 100h PIC on SEP
- ATPL(A) theory completed last summer
I have enough savings at the moment to finish the cpl me ir part of the training, however I currently don’t see the point in finishing anytime soon due to the whole covid situation.
I have an oppertunity to start a Masters degree (2 yrs) and deepen the knowledge in my current field of work, this would be parttime at first (combined with work) but transition into full time around 2022 for the remainder of the program, effectively killing my source of income and forcing me to live off of my savings.
Thus the hard part is the following:
- I will be around 30 when everything (degree, cplmeir) is finished.
- My atpl theory will lapse somewhere along the course ~2,5y remaining.
- I will need to take atleast a 3mo university break to finish the cplmeir abroad as it is very expensive in my home country.
- I will need to keep everything valid afterwards (€€€) while on a student budget.
- If by any magic chance a flying job will appear, I will probably have to abandon my degree which I’ve invested x years in, without any return.
It feels as if I have to choose for one or another; a (uncertain) flying career or an academic career.
I am to heavily invested into flying (time and moneywise) to just abandon it, and flying around the field on a sunday every once in a while just doesn’t cut it for me either.
Combining studying and flying seems like a pickle, any advice on that, or any advice in general?
Thanks!