Hmmmm
See previous posts...
If you WANT to work in Ops - great!, but if you're looking for a "back door" into a flying job, It aint the best way... Ops is Ops, and thats it really - sure there are people have got flying thru Ops, but its not what "Ops" people are looking for - our job is already undermined by crap salaries, no regulation, daft hours. and christ knows what else!
Good luck to you, but we take our job as seriously as you take yours (flying)... many have tried with the City & Guilds, Glasgow Nautical college course, but at the end of the day, IF, big IF, the CAA will formalise matters, they'll follow a tried and tested system - like the FAA, and the only people that'll do/pay for that are those that are serious about a career in Ops - having an ATPL doesn't give anyone the knowledge to work in Ops...
Sorry, but this is close to my heart - too many good Ops bods getting passed over just because someones got an ATPL!!!
Thats the way it goes... I'll take commited people everytime, not the ATPL guy..........
Good luck regardless!
JFF