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Old 25th November 2002 | 16:10
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FlyingForFun

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Tim,

You may well be correct. Maybe some pilots are naturally gifted.


Two points, though:

First of all, how are the airlines going to know? If they won't interview because you don't have enough hours, you've got no way of demonstrating your natural talent, have you? So it's completely irrelevant.

And secondly, those gifted pilots will be gifted due to their hand-eye-foot coordination, common sense, natural ability to make good decisions, and, not least, hard work. It won't be because of what school they go to.

There is nothing wrong with Oxford - by all accounts they are a very good school, one of the best. But there is nothing wrong with most of the other schools out there either. If you want to go to Oxford (and it seems clear from your posts that your heart is set on Oxford), then go for it - like I said, they are one of the best schools around. A small number of airlines may even view you as being favourable to an applicant who's worked equally hard somewhere else - but it's a very small number, and the "worked equally hard" bit is key.

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