Originally Posted by
Mannan
I am currently an Air Cadet, have been for the past 3 years, and am taking Maths Further Maths, Physics and DT A-Levels. I have taken a test flight with the air cadets, and absolutely loved it, and have applied to do my PPL if lucky with Fantasy Wings.
My only real gripe with doing my PPL early is that if I do have to pay for it myself (the whole training for ATPLS), I would have to pay again to do it if I did an integrated course.
Is there anything else I can do to stand out, I am trying to get aviation based work experiences and virtual experiences, and have been to BA's Future Flyer Seminar
I’d say the aviation side of your application will already be above where most other people are able to be when they apply for airline scheme X. Don’t worry about a PPL, not at all necessary. If you could go solo though, that’s a really good tick on the ‘is this person actually motivated or have they just seen an advert’ mark sheet. This’ll also save you many many thousands…
What else do you do though? Being an avid avgeek is fine in and of itself but what else makes you interesting as an individual? If you say ‘oh, I also have grade 8 piano and have played at the Royal Albert Hall twice this year’, that’s really cool. That makes you stand out. Remember, if you’re applying to a scheme, there will be
thousands of other astonishingly keen people that you need to compete against. Don’t go and make up a hobby if you don’t have one. But try and think what your non-planes USP is.