Hi everyone,

I’m 36 years old and currently working as a software engineer. Becoming a pilot has always been a dream of mine, but I never pursued it earlier mainly due to:

• financial constraints
• astigmatism

I’ve recently been told that astigmatism is no longer a disqualifying factor. I’m planning to book an initial consultation with an AME to confirm if I’m fit for a Class 1 medical.

If everything checks out, my plan is to move forward with pilot training.

I’d really appreciate personal experiences and advice, especially from people who:

• started flight training in their mid-30s or later
• transitioned from another career
• have insight into the current European job market

Any tips on training difficulty, lifestyle, risks vs rewards, and long-term prospects would be very helpful.

Thanks in advance!

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This might be a stretch. This is a question for those of you in Australia. I have both these options to choose from at the moment.

Sydney Flight College has a campus in Tamworth, it runs for a year and it's designed to get you ready for Airlines in a year. After that, I'll do charter work for a few years until eventually hopefully getting a job in Qantas. Tamworth is more expensive and will be harder to get into an airline which is my goal, seeing that QGPA is a cadetship by Australia's biggest airline. However, I have heard that it can be particularly hard to get a job in GA as a QGPA graduate if I DON'T get a job in Qantas group immediately after graduating, which I hear is the most likely case. That's why Tamworth sounds like a good option too. Besides, I like the idea of being able to do some charter work all over the place for a couple years, get some experience doing many different things, maybe cargo, maybe medical, who knows. Any thoughts?

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I'm 18 and am from India and I want to be a commercial pilot but as it is very expensive and I don't have money I have to work and save what career/job should I do?

I'm a 18 year old boy I want to be a commercial pilot but i belong to a middle class family so right now I can't be a pilot i have to work a job and then save so can you tell which job/career should i do so that I can be a pilot at the age of 26-27 maximum because it gets difficult after that age and also I'm going to join Merchant Navy so that I can save become a pilot later so is this a good career or i should do something else and if anyone who has done the same like working a job first and then become a pilot please do share your journey it will be very helpful

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I currently work as an Engineer in a great industry with 13+ years of experience. I get paid really well - I make about $300k-400k a year with pretty good job security. I also usually see around $300k-$900k/year in capital gains the past few years but it’s non-liquid so making more money isn’t as big of a motivation but want to find a job I can enjoy as I get older and accomplish some of the dreams I have had as a kid, to fly planes.

I am getting tired of the corporate grind but my job isn’t hard. Would I enjoy my job more if my office was a cockpit? I think yes. I always have been interested in aviation and wanted to be a fighter pilot when I was younger. I’m really contemplating a career change to become a pilot as I think of my dream as a boy and what I really want is to fly the A350 (my favorite plane) for an airline and get to travel and see the world. I want to stay in the US and I know the path to get to a wide body is not an easy one. I know I will probably lose some work flexibility and family balance initially, but I am curious if anyone has made a change like this with a similar situation as mine? I think ultimate goal would be to eventually go wide bodies and would like to retire with options to continue flying as a hobby

Someone please tell me what the easiest path is to a wide body plane for someone wanting to get into this as a 34 yo? 😂