If I said to you that I was going to quit my secure job, invest all my savings, or remortgage my house to start a new career, you’d probably raise an eyebrow. If I then told you that my chosen industry was difficult to get into, volatile, unpredictable, offered very little in terms of job […]
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The Volatility of Commercial Aviation and its Effect on Flight Crew
I was really enjoying writing about my experiences in dealing with a fear of flying, and then subsequently learning to fly etc. (I have another blog post nearly finished), but I have had many conversations recently with fellow pilots who are dealing with life in lock-down as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic. Aviation is […]
Learning to fly – Trial Lesson
Back in 1999 I went on a fear of flying course to help me get over an inexplicable fear of flying I didn’t even know I had. As mentioned in a previous post, it was an experience, but didn’t resolve the problem, I still had this desire to keep my feet firmly on the ground. […]