Well in Lithuania we have intresting and very cool thing. Govermant pays for your studies. So flying and theory costs only 300 pounds per year. After 5 years you finnish aviation institute and fATPL is yours, however, I think that it is better to find good aviation school in UK, pay for studies than to study in Lithuania.

Berks,

Yes I believe so, if you move up here you will get what the Scottish Government offers because you are a British Citizen, we see hundreds upon thousands of elderly people moving to Scotland because of things like free gym passes, free transport, free care which you don't get in England. They will only pay for school meals under a certain age, if your parents meet a certain criteria.

I'm currently leaving uni, as my degree is no over but I was recieving £1,750 to cover my Uni fees and £3,800 to cover my living expenses from Sept until May plus all my travel expenses can be claimed back.

Again this deppends on your income, if you live on your own etc but I ended up earning more money than I would have done working full time as I had a part time job also.

I'm currently a member of the minority government party in Scotland, and hope to put a case forward to them about this.

They pay for uni in England and Wales as well. £3070 which a student pays is actually just a contribution. The LSC and DIUS pays for the rest. They also pay for ATC (partly), shipping officers, etc. So why not pilots (which are cheaper than Doctors and Shipping officers). Yes the financial risks stop people coming in on a whim but they also stop those from working class backgrounds like myself. Thankfully I've got on to FTE which means I'm going to be just about able to get myself through. But as I say - flying is one profession that hasn't been allowed to move with the times - in the past only the rich or those willing to risk thousands could go to uni. This has changed - pilot training hasn't.

dan,

I bet that at least 90% of people who train to become a professional pilot do not have the money so they either have to work for it, or get a loan. So I don't think that anyone is really disadvantaged money-wise. Sure it would be easier if we all had 40-60k sat in our back pockets but we simply don't. I'm still convinced that the risk in itself offsets people who would do it on a whim more so than it stops the disadvantaged from getting their licences.

preduk,

Thats good, glad to see that it isn't shut off from us English!

pilotacademy
 

Thanks for your thoughts Re-heat / Smith,

regardless of the possible sponsorship, do you think its worth £150 for sitting a prof psychometric assessment to gain experience?

I've looked into balpa, gapan (£175) and even flight training organisations charge for psychometric tests before being taken on, CTC wings with easyjet sponsorship applicants (£140+VAT), Oxford aviation (£125), Cabair (£100+VAT).....

When comparing £150 to the average cost in the industry at the moment, it seems reasonable....

I've used a few free open source tests on the internet, but I don't think its the same as sitting in a class room being tested.

I didn't express an attitude, I expressed a *possible* attitude taken by the airlines.

sorry! :\:uhoh: