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Old 16th Oct 2014, 07:41
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Captain Bradley
 
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Thank you Genghis.

I have the real passion for this area of engineering as well as to flying. As you wrote before, test pilot position combines both skills. This seems to be very attractive profession, though I have minimal knowledge about the requirements and current market situation.

Is it as terrible as in normal, commercial flying? Would my licences and ratings + another, (at least I guess) Bachelor degree related to Mechanical / Aeronautical / Aerospace Engineering be sufficient to start looking for this kind of job? I surely would spend another 3 years for studying these topics if only this opportunity would be real.

I did a quick research and found a few Test Pilot Schools around the world (for example "Empire" in UK). This looks amazing but must be way more expensive than any integrated course. Do you have any more information about it?


Thank you.
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