I never wanted to start a quote to start my blog but then again never had I wanted to touch this subject. Well a wise man once said “Wisdom is what’s left after we’ve run out of personal opinions”. Well here is my wisdom after a year and a half in this industry. The sad truth about this industry.

Fact of the matter is fuel prices have hit its highest point right now and there seems to be no recovering from that. Also inflation is at its highest in a very very long time thanks to 8 miserable years of the bush administration.(god knows how America can elect a guy like him.).Well basically the whole world is in an economic recession and that has caused a huge problem for the airline industry. It happens almost every 17 years and usually lasts a year or 2 but this is basically when airlines scramble to cut loses every which way they can and usually the most popular way is to cut expansion.

Which leads to the question why the hell will a pilot be talking about soo much economic bullshit instead of the fun of flying? Well thats because there are not many jobs in the industry as there used to be and because the damn economis shit that I learnt in engineering finally paid off I guess. Airlines are slowly but surely not recruiting and this is going to impact all those who are training right now and all those who want to train now. So people unless you have pull in the airline or in a cadet pilot program don’t even think of being a commercial pilot for any airline. Its gonna cost like crazy thanks to the fuel and the crazily high interest rates and the chances of you nailing a job is not that slim.

However there is always going to be a plus point in every recession. The rich will become richer and the poor will become poorer. How is that going to help??? Well with every filthy rich guy comes a lovely thing called a chopper and the best part about choppers is there aren’t that many pilots because idiots like me want the thrill of speed. Well i flew once on a chopper and believe me its amazing fun. Its like the kama sutra of flying to be more precise. You can twist and turn that baby however you want and she will do it. The best part is you can land her anywhere any time and you will be flying soo low and thats 10 times better than sitting for hours in a cockpit for hours together only to do 3 landings in 8-9 hours.

If I had known much about choppers believe me I would have been a chopper pilot instead of a commercial pilot. But then again that lifestlye is different and mine is different so the choice is yours. If you want a challenging job which will make you land on some billionaire’s building or some oil rig in the middle of the ocean and land back home then no questions asked be a chopper pilot. If however you need the speed and the travelling and not sleeping on the same bed for more than 2 nights in a row and the glamour about being a commercial pilot even though you dont really do much but sit around and pray that the captain lets you land then of course you gotta be an airline pilot. Just dont train for the next 2 years of you will be riped off. They both pay pretty much the same so dont go there.This is not an opinion anymore as I have ran out of them. Good luck and hope you gained from my wisdom.