Hi Polkm,
Sorry to hear about your situation. Have you thought about a postgrad degree? Whilst doing my undergrad BEng in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, I got to mix with alot of PhD research guys in my department who were sponsored by various Aero companies. BAE, Airbus, Goodrich to name a few. Having the ambition to work in aerospace myself and not coming from an Aero background, my industrially sponsored CASE PhD has open many doors that weren’t open to me as both a Bachelors graduate, and non-aero graduate.
Why not have a look at an industrial CASE PhD or EngD which is sponsored by an aero company? You’ll work for 3 years on the cutting edge of novel technology, both at the academic institute and the sponsoring company.
I’m half way through mine with BAE/Airbus and it’s been fascinating so far.
If you’re interested,
www.jobs.ac.uk is a great place to start.
Good luck matey.
