education background barrier.

[landrik1]

i have relocated to live in UK 3 years ago, Now i'm ready to embarque on long journey to earn my ATPL, which is my all life dream, however i think i got some barriers here...

first of all i got my education background in french( being born if belgian colonised country), this means i have to work twice harder.
second all major training/ scholarship provider are asking for local qualifications.

any advices? anybody to give any similar personal experience.

landrik

[oxford blue]

The CAA does not need any British formal education requirements for a student to commence an ATPL course. Any entrance requirements you may come across will be those of the individual school.

Taking the FTO at which I work as an example, we normally expect students on entry to us to have GCSE English and Maths. This is the standard of exam that 16-year-olds sit in the UK. However, if some student from another country wishes to join our course, as long as they can satisfy us that they have gained an equivalent standard in their own country, we are happy to accept them. I am sure that most other schools would operate with similar rules, but you would have to check with the school of your choice.

[Send Clowns]

On recent courses I have taught people from France, Italy, Norway, India, Iran, Spain etc. A lot of people start out with some struggles with the language, but it becomes a lot smoother after 3 months in the classroom. As Oxford Blue says, a certain standard is needed, but your English will get better and everyone in the classroom is learning new words and new uses for sords anyway!

If you are really concerned there are at least 2 language schools in Bournemouth that specialise in teaching English to people going into aviation. There must be others elsewhere.