How old are current wanabees?
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Joined: Feb 2006
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From: Midlands
How old are current wanabees?
Hey guys
I know there are a lot of us out there.
im only 23, but i hear a lot of comments saying wanabees are the wrong side of 40, and even 30.
I will be completing my atpl training by september, and i hope like so many others to work for an airline.
Does the fact that im only 23 make me more appealing to airlines compared to someone who is "the wrong side of 40"
If this is the case, why is ageism such a problem if we have all paid for our own training
How old are you, and whats your experience?
I know there are a lot of us out there.
im only 23, but i hear a lot of comments saying wanabees are the wrong side of 40, and even 30.
I will be completing my atpl training by september, and i hope like so many others to work for an airline.
Does the fact that im only 23 make me more appealing to airlines compared to someone who is "the wrong side of 40"
If this is the case, why is ageism such a problem if we have all paid for our own training
How old are you, and whats your experience?
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From: Scottish Borders
Age: 16 (17 in 2 months)
I'm in the process of getting 5 GCSE's which i plan to do in 2006 and early 2007. then mid 2007 start a modular course like multiflight JAA ab initio ATPL course which (depending on how long i took) would hopefully give me a f/ATPL by the time im 18/19 (not sure if there is any age restrictons on holding a f/atpl is there...?)
Thats assuming all goes to plan ofcourse
I'm in the process of getting 5 GCSE's which i plan to do in 2006 and early 2007. then mid 2007 start a modular course like multiflight JAA ab initio ATPL course which (depending on how long i took) would hopefully give me a f/ATPL by the time im 18/19 (not sure if there is any age restrictons on holding a f/atpl is there...?)
Thats assuming all goes to plan ofcourse
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From: A bus in the sky!
Hi
Im 18 and I started my training late last year at Oxford on the intergrated course. I should be finished by early next year, when i'll be 19. In my class there are twenty of us the average age is about 22.
Roy
Im 18 and I started my training late last year at Oxford on the intergrated course. I should be finished by early next year, when i'll be 19. In my class there are twenty of us the average age is about 22.
Roy
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From: Brighton, UK
Exactly double the age of wbryce 
Studying the ATPL Theory the hard way - distance learning.
Have a PPL some 262 hours old, so at least I will have more hours than most when the dreaded tests are all over. Nor will I have to worry about having enough hours to take my CPL
Studying the ATPL Theory the hard way - distance learning.
Have a PPL some 262 hours old, so at least I will have more hours than most when the dreaded tests are all over. Nor will I have to worry about having enough hours to take my CPL
) and i'm planning to start the ab initio (modular) course at Riverside in the US in October of this year, so with any luck fATPL before my 19th!
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17, PPL, 70ish hours, about to finish A levels and start ATPL distance learning. Estimating the cost of hours building and exam times, hope to start CPL/IR in about 12 months, Hopefully all done by 19.
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From: Gotland/Sweden
I am 22yrs old. Finished with the ATPL training, now working on SE IR (Soon completed) and after that CPL, ME IR + MCC.
I am finished at my flying school by the end of may. Starting the MCC course in August
I am finished at my flying school by the end of may. Starting the MCC course in August
