Career or Hobby?

[ZKTOM]

Was told by a relative not to become an airline pilot because it is a hard industry . He suggested that if I wanted to fly I should get a proper job like a surgeon, lawyer etc. and earn money and learn to fly that way. I suppose most people that use NZFF are serious about aviation and want to do it as a career howwever are there many who fly for a hobby?

[ZKTOM]

I want to do it as a hobby. Airline pilot to me looks like the same every day. It looks mostly like routine and I can't see myself flying planes for a living. I'd prefer showing off to my friends by flying upside down in a piper than having to turn a jet at a max bank angle of 30* or something like that

[chopper_nut]

I think the people who do best in the aviation world start off flying for a hobby and then decide to do it for a career.

[ardypilot]

t looks mostly like routine and I can't see myself flying planes for a living.

It will take you a lot of flying smaller aircrafts before you get up into the left hand seat of a 747 on long haul flights, and your experience in other aircrafts up to that level will be all the fun!

Personally, I have always been interested in aviation, but the feeling of actually "being up there", flying above the world below and looking down on everything which appears small and insignificant is really what does it for me. I ticked both 'For a career' and 'As a hobby', because in the future, if I can get payed to do what I love, then my life would be perfect

[pois0n]

Started as a fun hobby for me too, after my first hour of flying it was the happiest I'd ever been. Was logical for it to continue and I plan to make a career out of it because I can't think of anything I'd rather be doing


...(except maybe ATC )

[FlyingKiwi]

You really need a poll option for "both". I want to do it as a career, but I'd still want to be able to fly GA as a hobby. (although methinks my bank account may say otherwise )

[travnz]

If your passionate about flying it will never be boring!
Plus you can do it as a hobby as well as for a living!

[A185F]

yea me BOTH !!

[scon]

Both for me


The guy who does the A cat Instructor stuff for auckland aero club, flys 737, still flys GA, and is an A cat Instructor not a bad life ay

[gokanru]

Did it as a job and with no regrets,if I had my life over again I would do it all again.8 years in a Dak,pure heaven

[Duckman]

Flying is great fun, but there is no money in it as a career. Im gonna do something like surgery or investment banking and have a cessna or something for fun.

[vatsim-aholic]

Both for me


The guy who does the A cat Instructor stuff for auckland aero club, flys 737, still flys GA, and is an A cat Instructor not a bad life ay

Not me mate Mr Gemmel is it? Then I don't think he has anything to do with the AAC.

The A cat, I took up for my flight test seemed petty nervous about prop hanging.

I tick hobby, to many other things in life to do without having to go to work every day.

Marcus