Jeffrey,
Qualifications go a long way to getting the job (that’s why people get them) but I wish it was as simple as just getting the grades. I have no inside knowledge of the air industry but I guess that it’s similar to other industries e.g. pharmaceutical (which I do have knowledge of) where it’s not what you know but who you know.
I have just turned 23 and I have 4 A’ levels, a 2.1 in physiology and a years experience working for GSK. However I have always wanted to fly so I have been trying to land a job up North as a medical rep. so I can live with parents and save the cash to fund myself (not worked out best route yet). So what I’m trying to say in a round about way is look at your plus points - your past may not have given you the grades you wanted or even deserve, but it has given you the finances to possibly attain your dream (wish I had the cash to hand, oh well back to the grind).
So go for it and best of luck, better to fail trying rather than die wondering what could have been!!!
Regards
Olly