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[Scott Duch]

I know the situation the airline industry is in right now and decided to put training to one side and apply for university. I applied through UCAS to Glasgow University for Aeronautical Engineering and received an offer.
If were successful in doing this degree and graduated, my next move would be to look at the various FTOs out there and start seriously looking into what they have to offer.

Can anyone here from experience say how relevant my degree would be to ATPL ground studies, the degree consists of various topics such as pure maths, mechanics, thermodynamics, fluid dynamics etc etc.....i'm aware that meterology and what have you won't be covered but what about the other subjects studied at ground school?

[colette]

Hey Scott Dutch,

I graduated last year with Beng honours in aeronautical engineering from Glasgow university and am now halfway through ATPLs. There are a few subjects Id say it definitely helps with both at PPL level and ATPLs such as performance and the aircraft general knowledge exams... though to be honest you still have subjects like Met, Air law, Operational procedures, Human Performance, Radio Navigation, Communications... all stuff with no relevance to aero engineering whatsoever that you need to just learn yourself. You might have an advantage with some subjects eg.General Navigation, .. and the other ones perhaps with some numerical calculations as your mind will still be sharp there, though to be honest from my point of view the maths, mechanics and aerodynamics/fluid mechanics covered in the degree goes far deeper than needed for atpl level.

If you've looked further forward to the full 4 years syllabus you might have noticed 3rd year you get a class called 'Aerospace Instrumentation & Measurement' which is quite an easy straightforward course ~ there I would say the opposite is true and that the ATPL Instruments material is completely different.

So yes, I would say the degree might help keep your maths/mechanics etc sharp and help out there, although not completely relevant to ATPL syllabus.

I would recommened joining the university Air Squadron, and also working towards your PPL over your years at uni too.. and most importantly have fun!! :ok: Give me a shout if you want anymore info

C :)

[Scott Duch]

Ok thanks, for the reply. I've read up on the air squadron and it's definatley somthing i'll be looking into:ok: My be contatcing you somtime with more advice seen that you've been to Glasgow haha...

[Lightning Mate]

Scott Duch,

Ok thanks, for the reply. I've read up on the air squadron and it's definatley somthing i'll be looking intohttp://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/src:www.pprune.org/get/images/smilies/thumbs.gif My be contatcing you somtime with more advice seen that you've been to Glasgow haha...

Please be advised that you will be required to be able to write and read English to be a professional pilot.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is your Captain, we are presently......."

[Scott Duch]

Lightning Mate, not sure what you're getting at here. I have an A-Level in english so i don't really appreciate your tone adopted here.

My english is more than adequate for the pilot training.