Typical totally stupid and random question for UKM
I'm considering getting the license since, but from what I've read you can't really get any gigs until you get a serious number of hours under your belt. I wouldn't be looking to make a career from it, but just to hire one out and do some s**t from time to time would be fun.
I guess I expected you got the license and that was it, but it seems not the case.
Before I rabbit on any further, any pilots here? (ideally you are really a pilot, and not a UKM pilot, however in the interest of the thread not instantly dying, everyone is applicable without any form of authentication)
It's about £14k to get the license, which may or may not allow you to then hire a chopper for private use, but certainly will not allow you to work, as that requires IIRC 2-300 hours flight time. Therefore to make a career of it yes, its expensive, but if I could do the odd thing here and there and fly my daughter on occasions I just see it as an expensive hobby.
No, I just researched where I could do it and the basic license cost. I wasn't sure if that £14k would give me a license for life, or if I needed exactly what you said, hours to maintain.
Mates got his pilots license. Although unfortunately for the op, we never listen to him when he's banging on about flying.
The bits I do remember it took him quite awhile and cost a fair amount. But he does it just for fun, looked into flying commercially but looks like you have to lay even more money out up front and there's a lot of competition for jobs. He was in his 30s, so didn't think it was worth trying to compete against the younger chaps.
Part owns a plane with a few others but still manages to go up most weekends when the weather ok but still costs quite a bit per hour.
I'd ask him next time I see him but that'll probably be quite some time.
Edit - the pay is actually pretty poor as well, unless you fly long haul for ba, assume helicopters will be a similar bracket.
Mates got his pilots license. Although unfortunately for the op, we never listen to him when he's banging on about flying.
The bits I do remember it took him quite awhile and cost a fair amount. But he does it just for fun, looked into flying commercially but looks like you have to lay even more money out up front and there's a lot of competition for jobs. He was in his 30s, so didn't think it was worth trying to compete against the younger chaps.
Part owns a plane with a few others but still manages to go up most weekends when the weather ok but still costs quite a bit per hour.
I'd ask him next time I see him but that'll probably be quite some time.
Edit - the pay is actually pretty poor as well, unless you fly long haul for ba, assume helicopters will be a similar bracket.
12 hours every 2 years is easy, hmmm! I looked more into renting one out and thats my hurdle right now.
Those saying a boat, I get sea sick nowadays, which is a shame as I live on the coast of Spain but such is life! I thought jetski but I think I'd get bored quickly. A helicopter, less so!
This is an older thread, you may not receive a response, and could be reviving an old thread. Please consider creating a new thread.
Related Threads
?
?
?
?
?
UK-Muscle.co.uk Forum
6.5M posts
104.8K members
Since 2003
A forum community dedicated to bodybuilding in the UK. Come join the discussion about personal care, health, lifestyles, spirituality, supplementation, shows, diets, medication, research, training, and more!