Aviation Degree?
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From: UK
Can you tell me what the course content and lectures are like on the Leeds Uni course. Is it all very technical and boring or are there some lighter moments? What are the lecturers like? Are they all crusty old guys who live on a faraway planet? I ask this cause I see the course is thru the Engineering school and I have plenty of experience of that environment.
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From: England
How about get your FATPL and then once settled in a job do the part time postgraduate course at city university :
http://www.city.ac.uk/sems/postgraduate/atm/index.html
Thats an Msc and you will be doing what you want first, rather than doing 3 years of getting into debt at uni first. Other thing to consider is doing Open university once you have a job.
Think hard what it is you want to do, if you want to fly then do a degree later in life - as once you have an FATPL you need hours not degrees to get a job. If you want to enjoy yourself and experience Uni, then do something none aviation, or at least something that will give you a good fall back career/something to help fund your training.
BigAir
http://www.city.ac.uk/sems/postgraduate/atm/index.html
Thats an Msc and you will be doing what you want first, rather than doing 3 years of getting into debt at uni first. Other thing to consider is doing Open university once you have a job.
Think hard what it is you want to do, if you want to fly then do a degree later in life - as once you have an FATPL you need hours not degrees to get a job. If you want to enjoy yourself and experience Uni, then do something none aviation, or at least something that will give you a good fall back career/something to help fund your training.
BigAir
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From: London UK
London Met offers a 2-year Foundation degree in Aviation Management & Operations, which includes the ATPL theory and gives credit for the CPL flying as the whole of the second year. This course will be going distance learning next September (limited availability) and on general release in 2006. There is also a management pathway and a top-up to a BSc available.
Check out the web site at: www.londonmet.ac.uk/ca
Check out the web site at: www.londonmet.ac.uk/ca
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From: Surrey
You could also consider doing a degree not related to aviaition. Then you have something to fall back on, if you don't get a job (which, lets face it, you won't get straight away anyway)
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From: Berlin / Germany
distance learning aviation degree
Hi,
is there anybody reading that forum who has completed an online aviation degree according the JAA rules?
I'm currently looking for a school like embry -riddle which offers bachelor's degrees like Aeronautical Science according to JAA rather than FAA.
thanks
streetcar driver
is there anybody reading that forum who has completed an online aviation degree according the JAA rules?
I'm currently looking for a school like embry -riddle which offers bachelor's degrees like Aeronautical Science according to JAA rather than FAA.
thanks
streetcar driver
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As many people here will know I've been trying for several years to persuade a British university to run a distance learning degree in aerospace engineering. So far I've not succeded (although I've certainly not given up), so for the time being Embry Riddle is probably your best bet.
But, forget the JAA.v.FAA bit - a degree course is completely separate from any specific licence.
G
But, forget the JAA.v.FAA bit - a degree course is completely separate from any specific licence.
G
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From: Berlin / Germany
Hi,
thanks for the answer, although ist's not the kind of answer I like to read.
As far as I know you have to deal with certification requirements (for euqipment, not for pilots) and there's a difference between FAA and JAA. But maths and physics should be the same on either side of the Atlantic.
By the way, in Germany it's not much better. There are a few chances you can take, unfortunatelly these courses make only sense if you are a full time student.
Greetings
streetcar driver
thanks for the answer, although ist's not the kind of answer I like to read.
As far as I know you have to deal with certification requirements (for euqipment, not for pilots) and there's a difference between FAA and JAA. But maths and physics should be the same on either side of the Atlantic.
By the way, in Germany it's not much better. There are a few chances you can take, unfortunatelly these courses make only sense if you are a full time student.
Greetings
streetcar driver
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From: England
Aviation Degree Complete
Hey guys, im located in AUSTRALIA and am completing a degree in aviation at a well known university here. Just wondering if anyone knows where i can go to look for jobs or if any place is offering jobs in australia in order to build my hours up. I have everything upto CPL licence and have completed ATPL theory and am 20 years old. Thnx
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From: Muscat, Oman
Hmmm .. how about .. "Which well know university in Ozzie then?" 
hey guys, im a student pilot wanting to become hopefull a commercial pilot located in London. Ive completed my CPL exams and failed 2 and when attempting my Night VFR rating, i failed it twice, to my shock!!!
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From: England
thats none of ur business, something called privacy sunshine. Just reply to the topic, were not here to find out about eachother, but to find out about eachothers knowledge. If u wana make friends online, try some hotline website kinda thing bro
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I don't know what's going on here, but I'm going to stop it before it becomes a flame war.
Ipas, if you just want to know about hour-building or jobs in Australia, then say so. Posting different background details in different threads will raise suspicions as to your motive for posting here at all. If you want honesty from those who answer you, don't you think you owe similar honesty to them too?
For anyone asking a question, you'll get much more detailed and appropriate answers if you give as much supporting information about your circumstances as you can. If you give very little, you'll get very little back.
Scroggs
Ipas, if you just want to know about hour-building or jobs in Australia, then say so. Posting different background details in different threads will raise suspicions as to your motive for posting here at all. If you want honesty from those who answer you, don't you think you owe similar honesty to them too?
For anyone asking a question, you'll get much more detailed and appropriate answers if you give as much supporting information about your circumstances as you can. If you give very little, you'll get very little back.
Scroggs
