Originally Posted by
bsmith369
Thank you for the response. I am unable to cover the the loan debt, but given the aviation market, aside from going into the military this is they best path to take, dont you agree?
If you have any advice regarding a different route(Frozen ATPL) I am all ears.
What i seem to find, its more difficult accumulating the hours required by the airline to apply for a job than to pass the ATPL exams and gain the licences. ATPL do not seem to be hard in the sense that there is a steep learning curve, hard in the sense that you have to learn and take in vasts amount of information in a short time, no?
Thank you for your kind words.
Get a trade outside of aviation, like plumbing or electrician, get an “fATPL” via the modular route for around half the cost of the MPL, then either fork out for Ryanair and get into a 737 and STILL be better off OR, better yet, get one of the multiple jobs that do exist in the UK that offer a bonded TR onto a turboprop or jet. Failing getting a job straight away, get a job in ops or the office of an airline or for someone like RVL as a systems operator.
You won’t have £1000 a month in loan repayments, you’ll be able to pace your training to suit yourself, you’ll have a “backup” that can earn you money outside of aviation. You’ll also bring some life experience to the job which is very valuable - the flying is the easy part, the hard part is everything around it. You’ll also stand out in competency based interviews far more if you have examples of dealing with customers/clients in real life as well as problem solving etc.
Whatever route you end up on, I wish you the very best of luck.