dear friends and followers welcome back
to my channel today I'll be mentioning
ten negative aspects about being an
airline pilot most importantly the
upcoming list is not my personal view I
put this list together with the help of
the comments mentioned below my recent
video about 10 good things why to become
an airline pilot so let's get started
takeoff after successfully finishing
your flight school training the hardest
part will be finding a job as you only
have 100 to 150 hours of flight
experience many airlines won't reply to
your application rather than look at it
so at the beginning you have to more or
less take any job you can get to gain
experience to be fair I actually like
that part of my career because they
prepared me for the years to come in the
airline industry paying for flight
school can be very expensive first of
all getting a loan or finding someone
who will lend you the money can be very
difficult during flight training you're
on a lot of stress coz if you fail an
exam or have to take an extra 4 check
flight will cost you more money which
you don't actually have so that can
definitely affect your performance
during training how did I pay for flight
school and how can you stay tuned for an
upcoming video about that as a pilot you
often have to get up very early in the
morning especially if your home base is
at an airport with 24-hour operation
you'll be going to work when other
people go to bed I have numerous
occasions where I had to cancel on my
friends and family due to the reason
that I had to get up very early the next
day but if you have good friends they'll
respect you for your job and your
discipline once in a while you forget
which weekday it is cuz you have so many
flights in a row so as your schedule
comes out at the end of the month for
the preceding month you give it a glance
and you celebrate every weekend you are
not flying because especially at the
beginning of your career with little or
no seniority at all you are the weekend
fire while all the colleagues enjoy the
free time with their friends and family
but see the pro side of it if you go
shopping for clothes on a Monday morning
the shops we can be entirely empty
compared to weekend as you have to pass
your annual medical check you always
fear that examination a few minor things
can get you easily grounded and if it
turns out to be a long-term illness you
can quickly lose your job so look out
for yourself
eat healthy work out on a regular basis
and you have little s fear to pryor your
medical check jetlag will never be your
friend it is scientifically proven that
every hour your body is off its standard
Sarkisian rhythm it takes one day to
adjust so let's say you would fly from
London to Los Angeles that's a time
difference of eight hours so it would
take a minimum of one week for your body
to adjust to the new time zone and
that's where it gets really ugly cuz you
don't stay a week in LA maybe three days
so your body has partly adjusted to the
new time zone because there's nothing
you can actually do about it and then
you perform a night flight back to
Europe by the time you land in London
your circadian rhythm is in a total mess
and a few days later your land clock
goes off at 3:30 a.m. well good luck
with that
the worst duty of all is standby duty
being on standby means that in case one
of your colleagues becomes ill just
before going to work crew control will
call you saying Joe take office in one
hour
get ready so during standby you need to
be within one hour driving distance to
the airport
I know colleagues who have a standby
apartment cuz their actual home is
further away of the airport so once they
are on a standby they actually drive to
that rented flat and they sit there and
wait for the call I think a lot of my
colleagues will agree with that that
standby is the worst there's nothing you
can really do about it you just have to
deal with it the plus side is if you
don't get called out you have another
day off as you don't have that much
influence on your monthly roster croup
I can fix you up with 5-day lay overs
three to four times a month which can
lead to 15 different hotel rooms if
you're single that can be great finding
you can explore the city and whatnot but
if you have wife and kids that can be a
lot of stress on the family life
therefore choose your operator wisely
because there are many islands out there
with no lay overs whatsoever once you
find a job you should stick with it cuz
the day of your employment is a crucial
factor regarding your payment and
upgrading position to become a captain
with each day within the company you
gain more seniority over your colleagues
who have a later day of employment
meaning if you change to another company
all your seniority and all your growing
salary will be lost the only positive
effect is it'll be easier for you to get
a job as you have a lot of flight hours
and experience compared to someone who
just comes from flight school this is by
far the worst factor of all and I
actually agree on this one myself you
never have 100% guarantee for how long
you'll be stationary at your current
home base you can never be sure how the
economy will change and impact your
company and therefore you might have to
move to another base or if there is a
transfer waiting list to your favorable
home base but they only transfer one
pilot every year and you have 15
colleagues ahead of you due to the fact
of your seniority you can do the math
how long it will take you to get there
or if you have to move to another home
base due to upgrading and the same comes
to job security many airlines are
dependent on the current economy crisis
financial liquidity and many other
reasons and in the end yearnin employee
in the not most stable industry of the
world because you should never forget
it's the passengers and the cargo who
pay your salary not the company but
let's be honest every job comes with
pros and cons no doubt about it maybe
other
less negative aspects but therefore
they're not as exciting as being a pilot
or they pay less in the end you have to
take 100% responsibility for your
choices and actions in life I would lie
if I would say everything but this job
is perfect I just recently had to cancel
on a friend's wedding and I didn't get
the holiday as I requested but I have
learned to not make a bad situation
worse I have no time to complain and
winnings about every little detail which
isn't working in my favor I rather make
the best out of what I have and enjoy it
while some acid so that was it for today
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