Hi,
I am 18 years old just finished my A2's, im taking a gap year and want to become a pilot.
The problem is my parents cannot afford the courses at new bucks, kingston or london city unis for a degree in air transport operations + ATPL. I am planning to obtain my PPL in my gap year.
Is it worth it to get a degree in Air transport operations and management 3 year course without a an ATPL and hopefully to build up the money in the 3 years so that i can apply to organisations such as CTC FTE etc.
Im good with computer programming should i instead get a degree in computer science from a good uni which is about 4 years then just work for an ATPL.
So in a way i can have a back up career if i still can't afford for an ATPL lisence.
Does anyone know organisations that provide ATPL's the most cheapest, i looked at the cabair website for Bournmouth and it said which i couldnt believe £2995 for an ATPL course. Is that just for ground school training. What area of gaining an ATPL is most expensive is it the practical i.e. flying side of it later on.
Also does it matter if build up the hours + training in a different country and then do the ATPL exams back here in the UK. Since training and fllying hours are a lot cheaper abroad places such as the USA, middle east.
Do u beleive it will be more easy to get full sponsorship with airline academy's after i have a degree in computer science?
thanks for any advice,
eclipse91.