Hi
I saw your thread and ive gotta say i just had to add my bit in. I can remember early last year putting threads on like yours and the response i got was that a levels are not essential but instead of going for a levels which you think airliens will want such as Maths, Physiscs etc... go for subjects you are good at. I did not do that, i chose 4 subjects which i thought would be just what the airliens wanted and am now, at the end of my first year struggling and dropping all 4 at the end of the year to go for an aerosapce engineering course which i will njoy. My mistake was choosing 4 subjects i did not enjoy and was not particularly good at. I left the Maths course after 1 week and foolishly stayed in the Physics course after persuasion from my teacher, saying that i am not bad at physics but the college teacher is...well lets say not the best in the world.
I thought id add my bit just letting you know of my experiences because id hate to see someone make the same mistake. I just wish i had taken the advice given to me last year, but i didnt and i will never make the same mistake again so at least ive learned one valuable lesson in life.
Ah well, thats enough of me talking, good luck for the future, i wish you the best of luck at a-levles and in your future career.
Cheers Mate
MM