Hello everyone,
Wow! Just wow! What can I say? Thankyou all so much for providing a wealth of information. This was exactly what I was looking for. Your advice is gold.
I most definately feel as though I have a clearer understanding towards the workings of becoming a helicopter pilot. Taking all of your advice I will definately think long and hard about this path, especially with my parents since at the moment I think they may think that is a little bit of a "phase" I'm going through though I know all I want to do is fly helicopters for a living and I know that they would support this.
From reviewing the training side of things I particularly like the look of the Bristow School and may look further into the Dennis Kenyon's scholarship as this could potentially make a huge difference. Just one thing. How old are the vast majority of the people who train to gain a commercial license at the schools? It's just I couldn't quite imagine myself in a school with say an average age of 40. I mean I may feel socially accepted who knows, but whether I would display the same sort of ability and knowledge as them I'm slightly doubtful.
I suppose the most sensible thing to do would be to do my A levels as people have suggested and then to look at flying schools and speak to people as well as using this forum which is most definately THE best source for this type of specialist topic on the net for sure. Preferabbly, I would rather learn and work in this country but I just don't see this happening if I stand a chance of sensibly building up my hours and finding work.
Looking to the future, what does everyone think about all the fuel costs that are rising and the eventual shortage. Will this see the helicopter industry condensed down and eventually rid of? I really hope not. Would be a shame and may mean a great loss of jobs.
Once again I would like to thank you all for your time spent replying and it has most definately helped. Unfortunately you may hear from me quite frequently with my little advice questions but I would much rather ask them here where I know I will get a quality response and the people are really friendly.
Cheers
