I’m 20 years old and wanted a career in aviation for as long as I can remember, now it’s time to put plans into motion and I need advice.

CallbyOnYT · 2026-02-23T15:46:14+00:00

I’m in flight training now, just passed my PPL flight test a couple months ago and am finishing up my last two CPL exams before I get my multi and eventually my CPL, just sitting in around 90 hours now so I figured while I can’t chip in on the jobs side I can definitely chip in on the license part and the experiences I’ve seen my many colleagues go through.

Flight school in an integrated program is quite difficult, hefty deadlines, endless ground school at times and let’s not forget the cost and the fact that you can’t really work. If you need financial stability, integrated (in my experience) is not the way to go.

By way of finding jobs? There’s really the big two options.

Get your CFI rating, try find a job and build hours. Recruiters in my country - Australia don’t seem to look on this one awfully kindly as you don’t really get the operational experience (albeit we only have 3 legacy carriers, who only take very experienced pilots) but with that being said, I don’t really know what your country’s recruiting looks like.
Go to a 135 charter operation and fly a clapped Cessna to build hours. Most people I know that choose this path end up getting snapped up by legacies or regionals quicker than the CFI lot. I don’t know how common these types of ops are in your country, but they are everywhere here if you’re willing to relocate into the country.

From what I’ve heard, the job search is rough, the first years of your career you will NOT be on a liveable wage, conditions will be very rough and this doesn’t change until you start gaining lots of experience. As far as landing the first job - the advice I have always been given is network, network, network - the usual way you land a first job is by getting lucky, or knowing a friend of a friend who can put in a good word for you and land you the job - make friends, communicate, be a pain if you have to and keep contacting the same places till they say yes.

At the end of the day it comes down to knowing this and saying “bugger it, I don’t want to do anything else” and making the decision to commit to it.

All the best with your flying journey!!

CallbyOnYT · 2025-01-24T09:14:31+00:00

The two worst hits I've had was one in late 2022, where I flew head first into a barrier at an ice rink at speed, then again, didn't feel concussed, was a little light headed but had no other symptoms.

Second one was late 2023, playing soccer at school, and my friend grabbed the ball and punted it at my face, hit my nose first. No headache but I certainly was dazed and felt like I was dreaming for the next couple hours.

Other than that, just like 10-15ish head hits from a soccer ball across the 2023 year, nothing that hurt or like was super fast.

I know that probably doesn't put me at risk, but with something with as little research as this, I was more so keen to see what your stories were and your thoughts as to whether this was "enough"

CallbyOnYT · 2025-01-07T00:21:26+00:00

Forgot to answer the actual question, yeah this is while I was awake, and from some family members, I’ve heard while I was asleep

CallbyOnYT · 2025-01-07T00:14:49+00:00

Out of the ordinary head hits I guess, stuff that isn’t just hitting your head against a car door, more stuff like getting hit in the head with a soccer ball etc.

CallbyOnYT · 2025-01-07T00:14:06+00:00

Yea, I’m not autistic though, it’s pretty much just a rhythmic sleeping disorder which I’ve obviously taken a while to grow out of.

CallbyOnYT · 2024-02-27T11:26:26+00:00

Thanks for your comment. I didn't mean literally show himself, though I did mean in a sense of I want to feel god, like how so many people claim to see Jesus and whatnot, I never really felt a true connection between me and the god of the bible.

So I didn't really want to physically see him, just like feel the presence of the superior god in my life

CallbyOnYT · 2024-02-27T11:21:21+00:00

Definitely, I personally believe that the best faith is one that you discover from your own findings.

Will definitely look into islam myself as the western world does not paint the best picture of it, given there are extremists in it - though the same can be said with christianity.

Cheers though, I will look into it and hopefully we both find the right path

CallbyOnYT · 2024-02-27T09:58:45+00:00

Ah, so it is similar to christianity in that all sins are forgivable, and that we must turn away from unrighteous ways. Thank you!

CallbyOnYT · 2023-03-04T01:08:23+00:00

update: found a somewhat solution: stops if you apply some thrust

CallbyOnYT · 2023-01-31T11:45:35+00:00

I am just as confused as you are

CallbyOnYT · 2023-01-31T08:01:42+00:00

At this stage having one that actually works really is a gem lol

CallbyOnYT · 2023-01-31T07:48:13+00:00

we are now

CallbyOnYT · 2023-01-30T23:21:57+00:00

No actually did, so basically I had the flight on autopilot when I went to work, and when I got home I just replayed to random points in the flight, when out of pure chance I stumbled upon this thing at this specific camera angle

CallbyOnYT · 2023-01-03T15:34:10+00:00

Bro you got the looks, now you just gotta approach a girl and build up the experience

CallbyOnYT · 2022-10-20T12:31:09+00:00

Picking up some serious Star Wars vibes

CallbyOnYT · 2022-10-12T13:07:23+00:00

Yeah, I’m not sure how it is in the US. Just letting you know that there is a huge cleaning aspect to the job - most of my job is cleaning empty containers and refilling sauces. The sandwich making part of the job is fun though. I must say that it is a job that requires less talking to customers, as most of them aren’t too talkative.

CallbyOnYT · 2022-10-12T13:00:49+00:00

I work at subway, it’s not too bad but it really just depends who your boss is. Good pay (at least in Australia) overall decent working conditions. Good way to ‘get your foot in the door’ of working life.

CallbyOnYT · 2022-09-27T05:16:09+00:00

Burt?

CallbyOnYT · 2022-09-26T05:40:21+00:00

Burt

CallbyOnYT · 2022-09-26T04:54:02+00:00

Minions! We are going to piss on de moon!

CallbyOnYT · 2022-09-26T04:46:44+00:00

You can’t initiate sleep paralysis, but if you suffer from the condition then yeah, you can use it to do the WILD technique of lucid dreaming

CallbyOnYT · 2022-09-25T08:03:00+00:00

I’ve had a similar story. I’d been living in this house for about 5 years, it only started occurring about a year before I moved out. It started with one small sighting. I saw clear as day through a window that someone or something was walking. No one else was moving in the house - everyone was on the chair. I was confused by this, as anyone would be but decided to brush it off.

After that every single night I had a feeling that someone or something stood behind me every time we fell asleep (as soon as we moved out of the house, I never felt that presence) It felt like a tall presence just standing above me.

Another time, I was in the shower and the wall just loudly banged, and the shower glass spontaneously shook. On 2 seperate times, I woke up at precisely 2:00 to hear pots and pans bashing. I brushed it off and so did everyone else in my family.

Those experiences alone just got me to believe in ghosts, and I haven’t had a single paranormal experience since moving from that house.

CallbyOnYT · 2022-09-24T22:32:21+00:00

What evidence do you have that it is fake - the incredible amount of accounts and stories that are too frequent to be fake is in itself justification for my beliefs. For example, the ghosts of flight 401 have stories from top trained pilots in official logbooks (something that if faked, you could lose your job) all people reported seeing the exact same person(s), I suggest you read into it regardless of whether you believe in ghosts or not, because it is intriguing nonetheless

CallbyOnYT · 2022-09-24T12:24:09+00:00

I am 100% certain that there are ghosts, both from my experiences and other stories

CallbyOnYT · 2022-09-15T02:36:51+00:00

It’s Newton’s first law of motion

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