It goes without saying that with the amount of low hour boys and girls applying for the few jobs out there, the filtering process has to start somewhere. I am about to finish my grounds school (BGS) and have been looking at the next step in depth, to the extent that I was lucky to have lunch with the chief pilot of a Euro Low Cost. He made it clear that any CV’s without A-Levels or a Degree where thrown in the bin, this of course applies to us wannabe’s only. Even GCAT require A-Levels for the majority of type rating course (Airline sponsored), as do most other schemes. Of course, it all depends what you are aiming for, if you are happy flying a Caravan or would prefer to fly the nice shiny jets, the more competitive you are, the better.
Richard