Speaking from personal experience here. Get them done before you get a job. It is very hard to come home from a 6hr flying day and get stuck into the books. As most people have said get them done and then you have nothing more to worry about.
It is funny, people were telling me to do them before i got a job but i didnt and now i wish i had. I have 4 down and 3 to go and trying to study and work at the same time is tough
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