Inquistive,
Afraid to say in the UK any Flight testing on CS25, or twin CS23 seems to be the reserve of the ex-military (ex ETPS).
I have seen several examples in the US and Canada where Aero Engineering Degree, CPL/IR and FTE position can lead to the position of Test Pilot.
The only Test Pilots from a pure civilian background I know of in the UK are at the LAA/home build level. One of those even had FTE training at ETPS.
The FEEs to self sponsor at NTPS even if you get the flight experience are prohibitive.
Realistically I always found as a pure civvy I had to choose between flying commercially or becoming an FTE. I think I would have preferred FTE over commercial flying.
Your best chance of becoming an FTE is probably getting into QinetiQ.
Last edited by portsharbourflyer; 30th Mar 2015 at 11:26.
Reason: Change JAR to CS