Do I have a chance?
 

Hi,

This is my first post here, after lurking quite a while, and reading about other peoples expereinces. I am at present studying in my first year at University for a degree in Aviation Management and Operations, and I am on course for 1st Class Honours Degree. Given the information below, and peoples past experience will this at least give me a place on a selection for something like CTC?

Flying Experience (On Application):
JAA-PPL, with Night and IMC Rating, on Robin 200/PA-28 - 75hrs
JAA-PPL(MEP), on BE76 Duchess aircraft - 30hrs
A320/B757 simulator experience with virtual aviation - 4hrs
CAA Class 1 Medical (Valid)

Educational Qualifications:
FdSc/BSc(Hons.) Aviation Management
4 A Level Qualifactions (C at Maths)
10 GCSE qualifcations

Life Experience:
Served in the ATC for 6.5yrs reaching highest rank
Worked for various companies including Servisair
Keen fitness enthusiast

You meet the educational qualities that integrated schools require...as do thousands of others. Crunch time will be in the interview and team building exercises when you have to explain and convince of your desire or even need to fly and when you show you can successfully work in a team. It does not follow that those with the highest "ranking" education will be at any advantage in the interview or team building exercises. This will simply help them in the early stages of selection to the next phase. You can have 5 A levels at grade A, a first class honours from Cambridge in Aerospace Engineering and be as dull as dishwater.

Yes, educationally, you have a chance. By the looks of the things you have done, you have a good chance of passing the other parts too but it's impossible for anyone to say without knowing you.

Good luck with your course!

What's that 6.5 years of ATC about?

Why bother starting from scratch again when you got quite some hours already?

Thanks, i'd like to think Im more interesting then dishwater, but one shall see I suppose, I'm a long way off applying, about 1 1/2 years until I finish my degree. Just good to know I have a place to start.

Go for it, you won't know until you try. :ok: