Richie’s Rants!

My brain feels sucked from its socket. Everytime after a hard day of flying, my brain will always be drained as flying is a very exacting vocation. Don’t get me wrong, flying’s great but being brain-sucked is one of the side effects. Maybe its just me who’s utterly focused on keeping the aircraft in balance. I’m not sure if other pilots experienced the brain-drain feeling but I only get it after I’ve landed the aircraft.

I’ve just flown my school’s new very light aircraft, known as the Tecnam Sierra.

  Its maximum take-off weight is only about 580kg and for efficiency-wise, its pretty good but when the wind starts coming in, better be prepared to get bumped around a bit because of its weight. So there are its pros & cons. Another thing different about this aircraft is that it possesses a GPS unit & its flown by a flightstick instead of the flight control column which is used by most GA aircraft. Sounds cool? Well, for one, I think its good in that its extremely sensitive to fly. If you flick your wrist down or up a tad too much, you’ll start descending/climbing in no time. Anyhow, I’ve forgotten to take a cockpit view of the aircraft. I think I’ll do it on Wed when I’m flying it solo again.

Once again, am getting anxious over the interview results. Would I succeed? Would I fail? What’re the chances compared to other candidates? Would I be given a harder interview because I possesses a license? Sigh… So few days away, yet which seems so long. I’ll be flying everyday from now on until my flight test in November. Be prepared to listen to the deranged ramblings of a brain-sucked pilot again! I guess there’s nothing I can do about the interview except to wait, so wait is what I’ll do. Oh well, enough ramblings for now. Will get to ironing my uniform & maybe get some World of Warcraft in before I’m turning in to bed.

As I’m writing this, I’m thinking of what are the possibilities & options for my future. I’ve attended an interview with an airline today. The interview seems smooth to me but what I feel isn’t important. Its what the interviewers feel that’s important.

If my interview is unsuccessful, its gonna be a long while before I even contemplate working in Singapore as the chances of flying in Singapore is really slim. So, its fair to say that the turning point of my life is today & the next few interviews if I do get the chance to go to it. I’ve a lot of support from my fellow friends & colleagues who emailed me to express their support. Its really comforting to know that other such times of great duress, my friends are still here. I guess I’m lucky to be surrounded by such great friends.   :)

On the off side, if I can’t make it, I’ll be looking at job opportunities in India, Hong Kong or anywhere else. As long as I can fly, I don’t really care… Now I’m waiting for the response which is slated to be given in 2 weeks. I hope that I get the chance to fly for this particular airline. Anyway, I’ve run out of steam now… Will blog next time when I’m ok.