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Felix,
Yes, it is competitive to get in the RAF but you'll never know until you try! I still university is your best bet and then PPL and subsequent qualifications (if, at 21, that's what you still want to do).
Why don't you want to go to university? Best three years of my life!
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Whirls
Yes, it is competitive to get in the RAF but you'll never know until you try! I still university is your best bet and then PPL and subsequent qualifications (if, at 21, that's what you still want to do).
Why don't you want to go to university? Best three years of my life!
Cheers
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Hi,
I don't think the University Air Squadrons are dead - I found this link : http://www.universityairsquadrons.com/ I think it would be an excellent way to get some high quality flying training if you do go to University. And if they like you they may well give you a job in the RAF ! I think you do have to meet their medical requirements though. If you're interested in the RAF (either UAS, university sponsorship, or going straight in its probably worthwhile going to see your local RAF recruitment office.
Good luck, whichever way you decide to go !
Mungo
I don't think the University Air Squadrons are dead - I found this link : http://www.universityairsquadrons.com/ I think it would be an excellent way to get some high quality flying training if you do go to University. And if they like you they may well give you a job in the RAF ! I think you do have to meet their medical requirements though. If you're interested in the RAF (either UAS, university sponsorship, or going straight in its probably worthwhile going to see your local RAF recruitment office.
Good luck, whichever way you decide to go !
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Ok so say you get your PPL while you're still at school.... then after your A levels, how are you going to fund the rest of your training?! I know when I was 17 I was in no position to take on a £30/40/50/60k loan! I went to uni, focussed on getting a good degree and am doing my PPL now. I have a reasonably good job which means if I do my training over the next 3 or 4 years during holidays then I will only need a small loan towards the end. I don't see what the rush is to get qualified, take your time - life experience counts for a lot.
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Yeah uni sounds like a good idea and dont get me wrong it would be really enjoyable going to uni, meeting new people etc, however its nothing i couldnt do whilst flying, also when im younger i will learn more quicker and be able to adapt the skills i need to progress in a more precise and efficient manner!
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hahaha and by the time you're 21 you'll be too old to learn?! I think uni teaches you how to organise you're time, focus you're mind etc... if anything being older with that kind of experience makes you a better learner. You know yourself better, know how you learn best... and you'll have had to work a lot on your own without teachers making you do it. Ok so you'll be motivated for flying, but there will be times when you feel like giving up - nobody will be there to make you do it... uni prepares you for that.
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It's true, you do learn faster when you're younger but you could extrapolate that too far and say a five year old will learn more quickly than a 15 year old?
That age thing is more applicable when you become an old fart like me - I did my PPL(H) when I was 38 - and probably in more hours than I would have done at 28!
Wise words from Femalewannabee - some good points, well made and she's not old enough to be yer mother!!!!
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Whirls
That age thing is more applicable when you become an old fart like me - I did my PPL(H) when I was 38 - and probably in more hours than I would have done at 28!
Wise words from Femalewannabee - some good points, well made and she's not old enough to be yer mother!!!!
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Yep I agree I'd not be so quick to throw Uni out the window. Sounds boring but the wisest people who enter training for this madness are those with a backup plan. A degree is a very good back up plan. Fact of the matter is you take a risk when you start your training, as no-one can guarantee you a job and no-one can guarantee your financial security. Please don't think I'm trying to put you off, but you need to be aware of what you are getting yourself into. I had a better appreciation of this at 21/22 than I did at 18! Good luck and all that.
ps. If you go to Uni you will get to meet lots of femaleWannebes!
ps. If you go to Uni you will get to meet lots of femaleWannebes!
"As far as I know, it's the only aviation related degree available in the UK that's not an aeronautical engineering degree."
There are actually quite a few aviation related degrees around that are not aero engineering courses. And a number of them include ATPL/CPL training, unlike Leeds which is just a PPL.
There are actually quite a few aviation related degrees around that are not aero engineering courses. And a number of them include ATPL/CPL training, unlike Leeds which is just a PPL.
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Aero engineering is an awesome choice, tough but will enlighten you a lot on aircraft and probably make any ATPL's less tricky. If that is what you choose to do try aviod uni's that offer a common first year as you'll be doing mechanical engineering for a year and won't see an aircraft for a year!!
I know i'm extreamly biass but Loughborough University offers an excellent Aero course which is independent of any other course so it's aero from day 1 - Pluss we are the only uni to have the EUROFIGHTER prototype in our dept!!
Anyway back to your question, the PPL unfortunally funding is though work only!!, but if you have £4k then another £1k and you could go to america to do your ppl in a month and on the cheap, granded it is not the best training but it gets you in the air, if you need any more help get in touch
Thanks
Tom
Aero engineering is an awesome choice, tough but will enlighten you a lot on aircraft and probably make any ATPL's less tricky. If that is what you choose to do try aviod uni's that offer a common first year as you'll be doing mechanical engineering for a year and won't see an aircraft for a year!!
I know i'm extreamly biass but Loughborough University offers an excellent Aero course which is independent of any other course so it's aero from day 1 - Pluss we are the only uni to have the EUROFIGHTER prototype in our dept!!
Anyway back to your question, the PPL unfortunally funding is though work only!!, but if you have £4k then another £1k and you could go to america to do your ppl in a month and on the cheap, granded it is not the best training but it gets you in the air, if you need any more help get in touch
Thanks
Tom
