Blimey! If I'd have known this I might not have bothered with the UAS
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Blimey! If I'd have known this I might not have bothered with the UAS
http://www.engineering.leeds.ac.uk/s...tion08_001.pdf
Seemingly, at Leeds university you can do a degree in Pilot studies and get a PPL out of it. As a degree!
Of course, the thread title is meant to grab attention, and on balance I am glad that I went through the UAS. But if one was keen to fly then the above degree might be an attractive alternative.
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Seemingly, at Leeds university you can do a degree in Pilot studies and get a PPL out of it. As a degree!
Of course, the thread title is meant to grab attention, and on balance I am glad that I went through the UAS. But if one was keen to fly then the above degree might be an attractive alternative.
Blunty
They're not alone, a lot of universities do those courses now.
Salford Uni's been doing one for 4 years. Friend of mine who did it graduated last summer and is now in NZ on CTC.
The downside: PPL is not guaranteed, only one session of flying a week, if weather's crap, you don't fly that week and can't catch it up unless you pay for it yourself, the course adds about £3000 onto the pre-existing fees, making the course around £7000/year for 3 years.
UAS: hours towards a PPL, pays you, flying [almost] whenever you want.
Plus, a good percentage of everyone on those courses is on the UAS anyway!
Salford Uni's been doing one for 4 years. Friend of mine who did it graduated last summer and is now in NZ on CTC.
The downside: PPL is not guaranteed, only one session of flying a week, if weather's crap, you don't fly that week and can't catch it up unless you pay for it yourself, the course adds about £3000 onto the pre-existing fees, making the course around £7000/year for 3 years.
UAS: hours towards a PPL, pays you, flying [almost] whenever you want.
Plus, a good percentage of everyone on those courses is on the UAS anyway!
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Recent projects offered by students on the Leeds course include:
• security aspects of baggage handling;
• aviation in a nutshell;
• aircraft cabin reconfiguration;
Some real brain teasers there - but more GSCE than undergraduate level, I'd say
• security aspects of baggage handling;
• aviation in a nutshell;
• aircraft cabin reconfiguration;
Some real brain teasers there - but more GSCE than undergraduate level, I'd say
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I am graduating from this course this Summer, and, all in all I would say it's a very good course expecially for those who want a bit more knowledge and experience of the industry as a whole before applying to any self-sponsored scheme / FTO. The flying may be one day a week but you are encouraged to fly during the summer and easter holidays which gives you more than enough time to finish in relatively good weather. After visiting Cabair, Oxford and being accepted into FTE I can honestly say I have met a fair number of people who have benefited from this course and are already either with an airline or training towards that goal in a tag scheme or other. Of course everyone's experience of higher education will differ and it's not for everyone but if you are considering this career certainly attend an open day or at least view the website, and at the end of the day a degree from Leeds is nothing to turn your nose up at, it's quite the contrary.KJW
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Agreed - infact I find that most people on here have something to whine about all the time. It's an expensive and difficult career to achieve, get over it! (Not directed at anyone imparticular of course!)
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It's the usual f*ckwits that cry mary hell the minute a civvie utters anything about the RAF, yet feel infinitely qualified to muse about the wider world.
Ignore them. They're just frustrated.
Ignore them. They're just frustrated.
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harrogate,
Sorry to be a nuisance, but I have searched my copy of Brewer's "Dictionary of Phrase & Fable" and I cannot find any reference to "Mary Hell". Could you please enlighten us?
PS. Regarding the "Wider World" - at the age I was 22 I was on my second Squadron having already been to places as diverse as Tehran and Stockholm (not to mention helping the invasion of a Carribean island).
Sorry to be a nuisance, but I have searched my copy of Brewer's "Dictionary of Phrase & Fable" and I cannot find any reference to "Mary Hell". Could you please enlighten us?
PS. Regarding the "Wider World" - at the age I was 22 I was on my second Squadron having already been to places as diverse as Tehran and Stockholm (not to mention helping the invasion of a Carribean island).
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Well i have a freind whos about to leave 6th form at the moment , he asking me about joining up and as a groundie i have no idea on what pilot training requires,but he wishes to join the RAf as a pilot but has some reservations. Ive done my best to tell him what its like . he has 10 GSCEs and 4 A levels all in the goodies like maths english physics all that good stuff. Vison tested 20/20 and medically very fit , Footballer and all that.He has been and got an initial interview and has good chance o fmaking it to selection.He is wary of the latest things about the RAF ( i said nothing ;o) hehehe ) but so wants to fly , i suggested the UAS as he is in Liverpool and I believe there is one near there. Unfortunately i dont know nothing about being a flyer. I said id ask about on info as i dont want him going into a careers office blind only to join up as a chef cause they need chefs that week. Any ideas from the flyers amongst us or should i get him to join here and ask questions from proffesional guys before he commits.
any ideas ,UAS is that the best way to go through pilot training or private
any ideas ,UAS is that the best way to go through pilot training or private
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harrogate,
Thankyou
My copy of "Brewers" is the 1894 Edition - perhaps that would explain it.
As for Tehran - I've got the tick; time for someone else to go. Besides, my contact there was last seen decorating a lamp standard after the fall of the Shah.
Thankyou
My copy of "Brewers" is the 1894 Edition - perhaps that would explain it.
As for Tehran - I've got the tick; time for someone else to go. Besides, my contact there was last seen decorating a lamp standard after the fall of the Shah.
