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Presenter: Hello everybody. I’m really happy to greet our new listeners today as well as our faithful audience. We continue to speak about different jobs and right now in our studio we have Nigel, our pilot in training. Hello, Nigel!
Nigel: Hi, it’s great to be here.
Presenter: Thank you, Nigel. Well, first I’d like to find out how you came to be a pilot in training and perhaps you can tell me about what lies ahead for you.
Nigel: Well, I grew up in a poor family in Manchester and I left school early. I wasted years before I realized that flying was what I wanted to do. From that moment on I worked really hard toward the day I would be a real pilot flying the mastic roots here in the UK. When I achieve that I’ll be happy. I have no real ambition to make transatlantic flights and to fly any big time international routes.
Presenter: I guess that’s an unusual background for a pilot. So, how did you get started?
Nigel: First I completed my high school education. While I was studying at school and at night, I also started learning to fly. I had to work two jobs as well, just to afford it, but I wanted a commercial pilot’s license and I would have run through a brick wall to get there. I had to log 250 hours in all sorts of conditions, learn to do all the maneuvers and then do the written test. I then had to do a flight test.
Presenter: So, is that all you had to do to become a pilot?
Nigel: Oh no, you also need an instrument rating for your aircraft type.
Presenter: What is that exactly?
Nigel: An instrument rating is about showing that you can fly by instruments alone, when the weather is really poor and you can’t see a thing. To do this you need to do ground training and then pass another flight test. I’m happy to say that I’ve just got my reading last week. And besides, you also have to pass a medical test to show that you are fit to fly. Fortunately, I’ve done this successfully too.
Presenter: And what’s left to do before you can follow your dreams, Nigel?
Nigel: I still need to get experience. First, I’ve mainly flown single engine aircraft while I’ve been learning and I need to get some hours flying multi-engine planes. The days of getting hired just because you’ve got a license a long gone. You know, most successful pilot applicants at major airlines have thousands of hours of flying experience.
Presenter: So, is it just time in the air they want?
Nigel: Oh no, there’s more. Much more. The three main factors are the type of aircraft you’ve flown, the amount and complexity of flying you’ve done and which crew positions you’ve held. But regional or commuter airlines may not need as much. I work for Peanuts. That's what it takes for me to get my first flying job. Of course there is a lot of water to flow under the river before I get there. But I can say my training period has been really exciting, I’ve met lots of different people and learned so much.
Presenter: Well, Nigel. With the determination that you have, I’ve got no doubts, you're gonna make it as a pilot. And I bet you end up doing exactly what you planned.
Nigel: Thanks, I hope so.
