quick question on being a pilot

[telboy.com]

Hello telboy here, age:19 UK. .Just a quick question or two if you can spare the time. I am just finishing A levels in maths, further maths and physics and have a few hours worth of trial lessons behind me. What I want to know is:

1. What are my chances of being sponsored at present with good grades in the above qualifications. Would it help my chances of being sponsored if I was to invest in a PPL before applying?

2. How much maths and physics is involved in the job. Do you get to work out torque, density, vectors ect [I hope so :) ] or do computers take away that pleasure?

Thanks for your time.

[Bloody long way down]

Telboy,

At present there is only one sponsorship scheme running (Malgus, this one you have to pay for the priviledge of the selection tests.) Unfortunatly right now there is a huge surplus of pilots, and therefore the airlines have no ambition to allocate expences to these schemes. <img src="frown.gif" border="0">

You will use your maths and physics knowledge a huge amount while training, the closest you will get to a computer for the time being will be a piece of plastic (yes the good old CRP)

Apologies if this sounds blunt but that is how the situation is at the moment.

There are various threads running at the moment check out Those with fATPL

Good luck