canadian aspiring pilot

Posted by jonyeong@reddit | flying | View on Reddit | 18 comments

Is there someone who ended up unemployment and burned 100K?

I heard a bunch of people bitching these days but it seems like they find thier own way anyway

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Pale-Ad-8383@reddit

I had an interesting chat in Calgary the other day. 1 position, 1500 applicants. Many too green to fly. Many that interviewed very poorly.

Looks like degree plus Licence path is more successful.

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Brave_Recognition798@reddit

Like aviation diploma or just any old degree?

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My piece of advice is to understand aerospace operations as a business process as part of the training. This focuses the pilot as a leader and business manager rather than the pilot the bus driver. That is where the industry will be lacking shortly and that would put a huge advantage for you.

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jonyeong@reddit (OP)

do most of them just finish thier license at cpl and look for a job these days? It's ridiculous

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CryOfTheWind@reddit

No one is owed a job just because they spent a lot of money. There have always been more low time pilots than entry level jobs.

It's up to you to find whatever approach works for you and never give up. Many people that dropped out of the running clearly didn't want it bad enough. Only 2 of my class of 9 fly today. Of those who didn't make it 3 of them stopped looking for a job within a year and never tried harder.

Took me 6 years to get a flying job but I never gave up. I worked the ramp for a few places, at an FBO for awhile when even that didn't work and kept working on my network the entire time. It eventually paid off and I'm at my dream career destination now and living my best life.

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Brave_Recognition798@reddit

I feel like Heli has always been hardest

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Independent-Ad-2324@reddit

May I kindly ask what “too green to fly” means?

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Tubkal@reddit

Finding your first job is hard, lots of competition and very little entry-level opportunities. Being creative, working up your way by doing ramp or dispatch at a potential employer and networking is key for those that make it. Sending out resumes and hoping for the best does not work in this industry

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Brave_Recognition798@reddit

ramping is a 2+ year wait these days

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Brave_Recognition798@reddit

Hi, you called?

I'm over $130,000 and no job

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Unfair-Bison-3946@reddit

I finished training in March 2020. I think about 10% of my peers are worrying as pilots now

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Future_Tackle6617@reddit

Of my class of 60 that graduated less than 10 are working in aviation. 3-4 on the ramp, 3-4 instructors, I do pipeline, and ones at porter.

Everybody else is either fighting for a spot or gave up and moved on for higher paying or in demand industries.

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Cougarb@reddit

Lots. I know plenty of unemployed students that finished everything and have no job. Anecdotally I’d say around 40% of the new grads at my flight school had no job

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jonyeong@reddit (OP)

then do they just wait for the cycle or hop in the ramp?

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Cougarb@reddit

Depends. Usually the ones who end up employed are the ones the keep moving forward. Either time building, getting new ratings, or constantly networking and applying.

This industry is tough and sucks sometimes but it’s not impossible. Just a grind.

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Is there someone who ended up unemployment and burned 100K?

I heard a bunch of people bitching these days but it seems like they find thier own way anyway

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