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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]