Amos Shapira wrote: > On 01/09/07, *Shachar Shemesh* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > Light aircraft license is about 10-15K NIS. Can be accomplished in > a few > months. Assuming you were not a pilot for the air force, your only > real > option is flying for Arkia. You will need to do IFR training, and > conversion to bigger aircrafts, but I think the airliner sponsors > that > part anyways. > > > Shachar, you should know better than that. You don't have to be an air > force pilot to work for El-Al. That at least used to be a requirement. I have not heard of it being lifted. > Besides, my friend could afford the career switch (and better flying > options) because he's an American citizen... I doubt that makes it any less boring. Helicopter pilots get better (but not great) job satisfaction (unless you work for the Israeli electricity company, flying right next to high voltage poles). The pilots that spray fields with insecticides get really interesting work, but they used to have to go through blood tests every six months to make sure they are not poisoned. The requirement was lifted only due to the fact that recent studies show that it takes about 20 years for the poisons to show up in a blood test.
I'll stick to computers. Don't want to get cancer. Again > > But we are digressing... > > --Amos Shachar ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
