Elexis
Bob alludes to previous threads that degenerate into a "yoof" bashing fest from some about the state of education in this country and poor spelling, grammar etc.
What the old fuddy duddies ( me included
) really mean is that this is an incredibly difficult career to get into. If an applicant cannot be bothered to check speeling,syntaxx and grammerr, then the likelihood of being able to cope with the huge challenges ahead, requiring determination,attention to detail and very high levels of personal performance are reduced.
Having said that,dont worry,about the GCSE's.You have the academic standards so concentrate on your other very good attributes and really GO FOR IT.
Incidentally theres a saying that you cant polish a turd! Not true in my case.
I made it all the way with a mixture of confidence,luck and being a normal team playing decent sort of bloke that you'd want to have a beer with
Someone out there has got to drive the planes...it could be you