MAT4134

Hi everybody

Not sure if this has already been brought up but i did a search and found nothing

I am a prospective pilot who is still about 4 years away from applying for the various tranning courses ect and i just wanted to know what are the best ways in your opinion of preparing myself so that i am the best candidate possible!

I currently do a bit of sim flying on my PC in microsoft flight sim 04 but that is it

many thanks everybody

mat4134

Piltdown Man

Turn your computer off. Study hard at Maths, English, Physics, a modern language etc. and go to university. Get a useful degree (not bloody Media Studies or crap like that). Join a sports club, join a team, get fit and play hard. After you have been awarded a good degree you'll be able to answer your question by yourself.

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flyhelico

this job is over, there are no more professional pilots, only P2F pilot.
it's a job you do for 1 year or two when they call you, just to get some hours, then you are unemployed again.


go in the bank, make plenty of money, buy a plane and have fun the week end!

djfingerscrossed

Work hard, play hard. Like has been said maths and physics will give you a solid grounding. Although it's important to study something you find interesting or at the very least can get a bit of enjoyment out of it's also imperative you do something that is useful. Medicine, engineering, teaching whatever. The list is potentially very expansive.
This is all wonderful and good stuff but you then need to get some experience too. A degree is absolutely worthless without this. If flying is still a P2F venture when you complete your flight training you will at least then have something to go back to earning decent money and an ability to repay the training loan.

MAT4134

Hi again everybody

Thanks for all your input it has really helped me decide where to go in the industry and also what sort of things i can do before i get to the stage in life where i start all my piloting interviews, training ect.

Hopefully the careers situation will improve in the next couple of years, i have a friend who is in the industry (but he got there by funding himself and other jobs) and he tells me all about the poor treatment of pilots that is going on at the moment.

Just to add on looking away from things such as school and grades what sort of things are very important because i was thinking of trying to improve my reaction time's. Also in your opinion what looks better for a prospective pilot a full PPL or just a couple of hours in the log book gained from birthday trial flights ect.?

Many thanks for all the support

mat4134

djfingerscrossed

Well for one don't rule out other FTOs. Your thread title has implied, or rather I've inferred, that you're only interested in CTC. Flybe are doing sponsorships, albeit partial with FTE and PTC etc.
Even if things pickup, and hopefully they will, it'd still be an excellent decision to have a solid backup.

Any flying will look good. People will take note of your background and circumstances so if you can only afford a few hours it won't make you any less attractive than someone who may have access to more funds and therein has more hours. This might change when P2Fs get involved and is what has been driving the industry for months already........