Mon Jun 03, 2019 8:13 pm
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Don’t do it Mel.
You wouldn’t be able to take the drop in income.
Never criticise a man until you’ve flown a mile in his loafers.
Joe Dell wrote:I gave up flying commercially to try my hand as a jump jockey. Less time in the air for more money. Didn't work out.
Never forgotten how to tuck my shoulder in and roll though. Ended up crop spraying amongst other things. Quite relaxing with a nicely sprung tractor seat and decent stereo,
lobstaboy wrote:It's a mistake to make a career (or to start a business) doing something that you love - it ruins it for you.
Paul_Sengupta wrote:lobstaboy wrote:It's a mistake to make a career (or to start a business) doing something that you love - it ruins it for you.
On the other hand they say if you do what you love as a job, you'll never have to work another day in your life.
I've always loved telecomms. I still love it, after working in it for 27 years. Part of that though is not being promoted and doing what I still love rather than paper pushing. I have to make do with an engineer's salary though...
Melanie Moxon wrote:
I posted this thread to get opinions mainly on whether it was worth trying to find a way of funding going rotary (as I really fancy giving it a go) as it seems a bit more niche and therefore might be a better chance of landing a job post CPL(H) completion or sticking with fixed wing given the hours already accumulated.