I'm from Canada, currently in the first year of Aerospace Engineering. I have passed stage 1 and have been invited to stage 2 of the Cathay Pacific Cadet Pilot Program.
Is it better to finish my Aerospace Engineering degree first or should I just leave University and join the Cathay Pacific, despite the fact that I have three more years to finish?
I am Joel, currently a Diploma holder living in Singapore, waiting for the National Service.
Thank you for creating a website for aspiring pilots. I have found this site to be extremely helpful and it has revived my what-I-thought-to-be dead dreams of being a pilot.
I have done some research regarding course fees and asked HM Aerospace about their CPL/IR with Frozen ATPL course. The total came up to RM280,000 over a period of 18 months without meals, fuel surcharge and additional training. So let's take it to be RM300,000. This rounds up to SGD125,000. That is A LOT of money!
I have also done some researches regarding the industry. It would be very unwise to take up the course should the forecast of the industry be gloomy. However, a few sources say otherwise! An 'estimate' of 500,000 or so pilots will be needed by 2030!
Since I'm 20 years old now, do you think that it is the perfect moment for me to plan getting my desired license?
The bulk of flight students as I've heard, are at their mid-career, making a career switch. So I guess by the time I'm done serving my nation, I could start on a career in my current field of studies and then make a switch when I'm, say.. 28.
Do you think I should go ahead with my plan or do you think if these sources are reliable? Some sources are from the flying schools and I can assume they would put optimistic information on their websites to attract customers.
Also, would the petro-chemical industry be able to fuel the jets in future? What are your views of the future of flying?
I'm Dang Wei Jian, Singaporean and 24 this year. I am in a situation whereby I don't know whether I should go to Australia and get a CASA CPL with IR and frozen ATPL.
Due to my current education level, I am worried that I could not get a job in the future as I did not meet the normal requirement.
So, is there any chance where I can get a bond in any airlines as I am not an A level or degree holder and further my O Levels have no 5 credits.
I always read your article during my flight with Air Asia. I really enjoy reading it.
I'm frequent traveller due to my working schedule. Recently, I notice a trend that many of the passengers in flight are not turning off their smart phone or tablet during the take-off and landing. Is quite annoying to see that because the cabin crew had to make announcement to turn the digital device off during these period but most of the passengers tend to ignore it. Sometimes the cabin crew do ignore it as well when they see the passenger using it. So I assume it is safe.
The question I wish to ask is, what will really happen and what the problem is if a passenger didn't turn off their digital devices during take-off and landing.
