Becoming a Test Pilot

[portsharbourflyer]

I believe she was profiled in the Flight International career section back pages once.

I believe if I remember correctly (I may stand to be corrected) she had been through the BA cadet scheme when it was a fully funded scheme.

Therefore I would assume one of the reasons she was able to self fund ETPS or NTPS was she didn't have to fund or have debts from the initial training for the "frozen" ATPL.

Realistically tuition fees on an engineering degree, followed by a "frozen" ATPL, gaining the relevant flying experience and then self funding a test pilots course represents a lottery worth of funding.