Good evening everyone. Thank you for the valuable information provided. No need to say that performing flight test duties has been an personal objective for some time... but I also remember F. Alonso from Airbus explaining that chance was a prime parameter in becoming a flight test engineer (being in the right place at the right time).
My aerospace experience started a few years ago in maintenance engineering as well, during an internship at Brymon Airways in Plymouth. I finished university in France graduating in Automation and passed the MSc in aerospace dynamics at Cranfield (with
Pr Cook as a teacher).
I have specialised in handling qualities and control laws design, helping on the development on the A380, the NH90 and today the M346. I also have a frozen ATPL from Oxford Aviation.
Well, I still have not found my way! Of course the french and italians require to be graduated from an approved organisation, and the current climate does not help in sponsoring ground engineers.
It is not that I want people to be sad for me, but to explain that it does not always work as planned... On my side I will keep knocking at as many doors as I can, but what a hard way!
Pierre