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Originally Posted by austin_kw
Grew up flying. On track for my PPL as we speak. It has always been a dream of mine to fly for a living. It has been said that there will be a large demand for commercial pilots within the next 5-7 years as the average age of most pilots are nearing retirement. We will see what happens.
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They've been saying that since I started flying (1997). A great way to keep people in flight schools and more importantly to keep the money flowing.
With that being said, follow your passion. Just be smart about it and be realistic in expectations. One only has to spend an hour or two perusing different aviation foums to see many examples of people who've gotten themselves into large amounts of debt, working crazy hours/schedules only to find it much harder to get that dream job than they realized. (there's some great advice on those forums, not sure how much research you have done but well worth the time if this is something you really want to do)
I also highly recommend networking. Aviation is a small community and reputation can make or break you. If I ever go back to flying, it will be for recreation/fun. Unless of course, someone was to come along and offer me a job I couldn't refuse.
