Is a Masters a recommended step towards a PPL and eventually CPL
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Is a Masters a recommended step towards a PPL and eventually CPL
Hi there,
I am in my third year of Aerospace Engineering and have reach a crossroad. I have been offered a place on the Masters Course next year but is it necessary for a pilot to have a Masters Degree?
In your opinions what would be the next best step for me after finishing my degree, straight into pilot school, a year in industry ( in order to add to my CV) or complete the Masters course next year?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I am in my third year of Aerospace Engineering and have reach a crossroad. I have been offered a place on the Masters Course next year but is it necessary for a pilot to have a Masters Degree?
In your opinions what would be the next best step for me after finishing my degree, straight into pilot school, a year in industry ( in order to add to my CV) or complete the Masters course next year?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
but is it necessary for a pilot to have a Masters Degree?
As an Aerospace Engineering graduate, you are vastly over qualified. A Masters will make you even more so. If you have a passion to fly, then that will probably get you through. But the mind numbing boredom of it will probably make you wish you hadn't spent all that money training. My advice is to do the masters and decide then. You will have much better career choices.
If you want to be a Test Pilot, probably. But it would be better to persuade the military service you join to put you through a suitable specialist MSc during a post qualification ground tour whilst still angling for your TPS slot.
Otherwise, no.
Otherwise, no.
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I finished my Masters in Aerospace Engineering before I went down the pilot route (sponsored). I'd like to believe it helped me getting the sponsorship but once you've your license it will probably not help you finding an airline job any faster. It's a really good back-up though.
I'm guessing that you did an MEng rather than an MSc however Stella?
Also that you haven't actually tried using it as a"backup".?
Also that you haven't actually tried using it as a"backup".?
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No I have a MSc or Ir. in Dutch. Also I have been waiting in a holdpool for over half a year. Having the degree definitely helped me getting interesting temporary jobs. I only recently signed contracts, I almost gave up on flying and I was applying for engineering jobs. Thankfully it all worked out in the end.
No I have a MSc or Ir. in Dutch. Also I have been waiting in a holdpool for over half a year. Having the degree definitely helped me getting interesting temporary jobs. I only recently signed contracts, I almost gave up on flying and I was applying for engineering jobs. Thankfully it all worked out in the end.
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I'm currently 2nd year Aero debating on doing another year or just getting a BEng.
Getting a mental picture as much as anything, but also not realising that the poster was outside the UK.
In the UK, for most people, MEng is the elite product, and an MSc is mostly taken by people who weren't good enough to either stay on an MEng course, or get a job. Of course, that's generalising, as high quality specialist MSc courses do exist - Cranfield being the premium provider in the UK.
Also of course anybody going to Masters level is showing a commitment to their engineering education beyond the minimum, and whilst I don't like the term "backup", it is more valuable than a vanilla BEng.
There is also something not often explored, which is that the aviation world is relatively homogenous, so somebody with an aerospace engineering degree who then goes into flying training, will by many employers be regarded as simply continuing their professional aerospace education, and respected for that. For example, the CPL/ATPL groundschool syllabus contains a lot of aircraft systems knowledge not in degree syllabi, and the flying knowledge is essential in some professional engineering jobs (particularly those related to flight test).
In the UK, for most people, MEng is the elite product, and an MSc is mostly taken by people who weren't good enough to either stay on an MEng course, or get a job. Of course, that's generalising, as high quality specialist MSc courses do exist - Cranfield being the premium provider in the UK.
Also of course anybody going to Masters level is showing a commitment to their engineering education beyond the minimum, and whilst I don't like the term "backup", it is more valuable than a vanilla BEng.
There is also something not often explored, which is that the aviation world is relatively homogenous, so somebody with an aerospace engineering degree who then goes into flying training, will by many employers be regarded as simply continuing their professional aerospace education, and respected for that. For example, the CPL/ATPL groundschool syllabus contains a lot of aircraft systems knowledge not in degree syllabi, and the flying knowledge is essential in some professional engineering jobs (particularly those related to flight test).
