Is a pilot career worth it in 2026?
Posted by hitmesohardisawstars@reddit | flying | View on Reddit | 9 comments
Especially since the fuel crisis is hitting countries hard right now. There are like a dozen wars going on, and a dozen more brewing in the near future. God forbid another pandemic hits us. Will pilots even be able to fly in the near future? Asking since I am considering getting a commercial pilot license, and the only thing holding me back, apart from the big fat loan I'll have to take from the bank, is the possibility of not even getting paid or not being able to fly for the upcoming decades.
dylansmehacc@reddit
Probably best if you have the money to do so while not in debt or at least keeping the debt minimal. Also when you do begin flight training take note that the industry you will be looking for employment in will be the industry 1-2 years from when you started flight school, not the industry you entered flight school (In some cases flight training will take longer).
Also, brother, if you wait for the world to be sunshine and rainbows then you will sit around for decades before you decide to do something you want to do.
minfremi@reddit
OP thinks wars never happened in human history.
EvMund@reddit
i'm pretty sure this exact question is asked here once every 2-3 days and the answer is always "no idea how the industry will be in the couple of years it takes to get qualified" and also "do not go into debt for flight training". start from these 2 maxims and work from there
stickJ0ckey@reddit
Maybe there should be a pinned post or something like an FAQ so that people can find what they're looking for without making a new post
EvMund@reddit
it's actually in there, but just like every FAQ in every forum it is typically disregarded. to be fair, it's a fair ways down in the middle of a pretty long FAQ
stickJ0ckey@reddit
Thank you for that, I did not notice the links. Guess I have the attention span of a 3 seconds-old ant.
hitmesohardisawstars@reddit (OP)
Jesus, so does that mean that the industry isn't looking good for the upcoming future?
dirtyfilthyy@reddit
Probably will be downvoted to hell but, after that recent FAA report even with airline growth growing 5-7% per year for the next 20 years - the amount of pilots needed has already been fulfilled last year alone. (Granted if they all go to the airlines and stay in the US) I’d say, who knows but it doesn’t look great.
rFlyingTower@reddit
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Especially since the fuel crisis is hitting countries hard right now. There are like a dozen wars going on, and a dozen more brewing in the near future. God forbid another pandemic hits us. Will pilots even be able to fly in the near future? Asking since I am considering getting a commercial pilot license, and the only thing holding me back, apart from the big fat loan I'll have to take from the bank, is the possibility of not even getting paid or not being able to fly for the upcoming decades.
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