Ok, its time to choose a path into a career as a Pilot. At the moment I have chosen the University route whereby I do a aviation studies course then when finished get a job as a pilot. What I am now confused by is which university to choose in the UK, preferably in and around London.
At the current moment I have looked at Brunel, Kingston and Bucks, mainly Brunel and Kingston, but with Brunel they include Aviation Engineering on top of the pilot studies. I don't want to do the Engineering aspect of it but just the pilot studies to get myself into the hot seat. I know having engineering will increase my chances of employment, but I'm not sure if I'm ready to commit myself to engineering as much as pilot studies especially considering it only goes towards a JAR-FCL PPL.
With Kingston I'm just not completely sure about it. Will it help/get me a ATPL license? If I go the Uni way, which university out of Brunel and Kingston would be best in terms of teaching and course?
Another thing I am considering is the non university route. I am not taking this as a first or second choice, but third as a fall back as I know a degree would help more in getting a job with a airline. I am very confused with Modular and Integrated course as I dont know which are best and cheaper. All this is also considering that I am low on money and the only way to do a non uni course is by loans and a job (which I cannot find btw
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My grades in AS have all been a C and I'm predicting to get a grade of A-C in A2 as well with my GCSE's being 5 B's 5 C's.
Thanks and happy landings!