Pilot Life

Pilot Life2022-08-05T10:49:50+01:00

I Fly Private Jets

The recovery of aviation is underway!  What a hectic ride it has been for the training and newly qualified pilots over the last few years. I’m pretty certain I can speak for the majority of us when I say we really didn’t expect the job losses, the tears, and the mental health strain when we first decided [...]

By |January 31st, 2023|Categories: Highlights, Pilot Life|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

Pilots & Pandemics

What an awful time to be a qualified Commercial Pilot, hey? I thought I had it pretty bad when my airline sponsor went bust. Being forced from the Flybe MPL to a whitetail ATPL (and from the B737 simulator back to the Piper Warrior), felt pretty rough at the time. Little did I know just how slim [...]

By |January 28th, 2022|Categories: Highlights, Pilot Life|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

I’m a Commercial Pilot

I’ve done it! One lost airline job, one conversion from MPL to ATPL and a whole lot of stress and tears later and I’ve finally finished all my pilot training. Firstly, it’s important to talk about Covid 19 & the aviation industry. To anyone reading this who has been affected by the huge impact of this virus [...]

By |March 30th, 2021|Categories: Pilot Life|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

Pilot School – How I got there

Wow, it’s been a little while, hasn’t it. A lot has changed! I quit my job as cabin crew for British Airways about a year and a half ago, and I traded in the chicken & beef to fly the plane instead – all be it tiny planes instead of Dreamliners! I’ve been studying at a flight school [...]

By |May 10th, 2020|Categories: Pilot Life|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |
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