Captain2b
7th Apr 2006, 17:08
Im currentley in the met police force in london, i hold a ppl (110 hours) and am on the BGS distance learning course. From the year dot ive dreamed,as many, to turn up for work with 3 bars on the shoulders, checking the WX and sorting me loadsheet out before plonking myself into the righthand seat of the A320. At 18 i went for the morrisby profile for AIRTOURS but failed. I left college with a standard 9 GCSE's and a city and guilds in AIRLINE STUDIES...I worked for JEPPESEN for about a year then went on to work for AIR 2000/ (as was) as a ground ops co-ordinator for about another year. At that stage, it seemed no-one ever had so much as a sniff of a sponsorship unless you could write which uni you attended on the application form?
I took another stance and accepted i would go on the self funded route, staying in the airlines at that level was certainly not going to fund this type of qualification... I left the airlines and joined the police force in a hope of not only funding the whole operation but to be able to obtain some extra qualities as a person that may assist in something more than holding a f/atpl in the air when it came to flying applications..... When it comes to airline selection,i feel this type of educational background would be laughed at?, it fustrates me to hear on a constant basis how people can leave uni with no desire for this dream career what so ever,and give the sponsorship a go on the off chance and seem to sail through into a righthand seat??
How do airline selection boards work when it comes to each persons individual background and potential personal qualities on the flightdeck against educational attributes?
I took another stance and accepted i would go on the self funded route, staying in the airlines at that level was certainly not going to fund this type of qualification... I left the airlines and joined the police force in a hope of not only funding the whole operation but to be able to obtain some extra qualities as a person that may assist in something more than holding a f/atpl in the air when it came to flying applications..... When it comes to airline selection,i feel this type of educational background would be laughed at?, it fustrates me to hear on a constant basis how people can leave uni with no desire for this dream career what so ever,and give the sponsorship a go on the off chance and seem to sail through into a righthand seat??
How do airline selection boards work when it comes to each persons individual background and potential personal qualities on the flightdeck against educational attributes?