ATPL post graduate studying

[Luke SkyToddler]

Greetings everyone

A quick canvassing of opinions if I may

Problem is : Having successfully got the airline job, I find myself with a fair bit of spare time on my hands, and I am wanting to use this time productively to do some studying, with a view towards enhancing my employability as management pilot / chief pilot / flight ops director kind of thing, in another couple of decades time :)

It's obviously got to be available on a correspondence / distance learning basis and able to be fitted around my flying roster.

What should I study? An MBA? A management degree? Economics? Or aviation specific stuff?

And should I do it at a particular 'aviation' type university i.e. London Guildhall, or just any old university?

What you say is the most prestigious and well regarded qualification I could get (preferably UK or Oz / nz based universities).

Cheers

- Luke ST

[AIRWAY]

Flight training is vey very good but not good for overseas students.


Why isn´t it good to overseas students?

[Luke SkyToddler]

Coolguy -

I know all about the NZ flight training industry, because I have spent the last 10 years working in it.

In fact I used to work for that very NZ university that you are referring to. However, their courses are mainly for people who are learning to fly, and since I already have an ATPL with a few thousand hours I don't really feel that their courses are pitched at the level that I am after.

Interesting what you say about Kingston and Sheffield, that's two I hadn't heard of offering aviation post-grad courses, I will check them out.

Any others? :ok:

[Artificial Horizon]

Luke, I found the exact same thing once working for the airlines. I investigated London Guildhall for the Masters of Aviation degree, one year part time for a cost of £6,000 which was a bit much for me. What I ended up doing are papers with the open university in the UK. So far I have done Sociology and Humanities, so far these papers can be counted towards dozens of different degrees, it is only on the next paper that I need to decide which actual degree I want. These two entry level papers cost me £400 per paper so much more on my budget. The other advantage for me was I am also looking to return to NZ eventually and the OU U.K. if affilliated with the Open Polytechnic in NZ so if you don't finish the degree here you can transfer credits to NZ.

This time in four years I will have a nice shiney law degree to add to my flying licences which I feel is applicable to more different post flying careers that the masters in aviation would have been.

Check out the website for all of the course options at:

www.open.ac.uk

Good Studying:)

[Arne]

Hi,

I've always been interested in the City U courses in London and would love to add them to the list of diplomas I seem to be collecting. I would prefer to develop either in airline management/safety or become a TRI, rather than go into the law studies thing. That is, once I get that flying career blasting.

My 2 cents,

Arne

[Caractacus]

I have done the City University MSc and cannot speak too highly of it. For a pilot it is very flexible. Modules start at 1100 hours on day one and end in the afternoon three days later. There are students from all over the World. One chap commutes from Mauritius; another student flew over from the Carribean for the modules.

One feature of the course is that the speakers are mostly working in the industry so it is very good for making contacts.

http://www.city.ac.uk/engineering/atm/

It is invaluable if you want to find out what is really going on in the industry.

It is also good fun and the odd beer after lectures went down well too!

[GuinnessQueen]

How about Cranfield University, I only really know about the MSc in Human Factors and Aviation safety, but they also do an MSc in Air Transport Management. Both are available on a part time basis. PM me if you want the opinion of an ex-student!

GQ