A level subjects
 

Hi. .Just a quick question. I am picking my A level subjects at the minute and was wondering which subjects are required to becoe an airline pilot.. .I was debating whether or not to take A level Physics or Engineering.

Does anyone know which would be the best to take if i want to pursue an airline career when i leave college.

Your help would be much appreciated

Flyer Boy,

A-level Maths and Physics would be best but far more important is to do subjects you feel comfortable with and think you would be able to pass. It would be better to get a pass in Engineering than fail Physics. If you talk to your (current) subject teachers at school, they should give you a good idea of what is involved in the various A-level subjects and how they think you will find them.

There is some maths (not a lot) required for the commercial exams but nothing that isn't covered by maths A-level. In fact, most of it would be covered by the old maths O-level.

In my opinion, Physics is going to be more useful to you than Engineering but an ideal senario would be to do Maths, Physics and Engineering.

If you can cope with Maths and Physics A-level, you will cope ok with the commercial exams.

Good luck.

A lot of the ground schools suggest (but most don't require) English/maths/physics GCSEs at grade C or better. I haven't seen anywhere that requires any particular A-Levels, but based on the GCSE suggestions, Physics A-Level certainly wouldn't do any harm.

Lots of people ask similar questions on the Wannabes forum (maybe this thread belongs there?). A common reply is to remember that life consists of more than aviation. You may decide, some way down the line, that you don't want to fly any more. Even if you think this is unlikely, it's always possible that you'll become ill or be injured and have your medical taken away, and be forced to find a new career. So it's important to choose exam subjects which will enable you to follow some other career path apart from aviation, if necessary. Probably not that important for A-Levels, but doing an aviation-related degree might not be such a good idea - it's certainly not a requirement.

The guys on Wannabes know far more about this kind of stuff than I do, though!

FFF. .----------

Hey, Flyer Boy!

If you can search out some of my old posts (something like "This is so ANNOYING" or whatever) you'll find me complaining about stuff and a lot of peoples advice. It's actually quite helpful <img src="smile.gif" border="0"> Good luck with your GCSE's