Uk Flight school
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Uk Flight school
Hi, I’m 18 and I want to go to a good flight school to in future work for British Airways. I was thinking L3harris but many people told me to stay away. I bought maybe Skyborne but I’m still unsure. Could anyone tell me a good flight school in the uk to get my Atpl
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You can't get an ATPL from a flight school. What you need is a CPL and IR which can get you into AN airline. Once you're working for an airline you can work your way towards an ATPL.
Reality check: the chances of getting into your chosen airline straight away (or even at all) are slim to none: you can choose the career but your first airline will choose you. So be prepared to live anywhere in the world if necessary.
The first thing you need to figure out is how you're going to pay for it. You might be looking at a 2 year plan or a 10 year plan.
Reality check: the chances of getting into your chosen airline straight away (or even at all) are slim to none: you can choose the career but your first airline will choose you. So be prepared to live anywhere in the world if necessary.
The first thing you need to figure out is how you're going to pay for it. You might be looking at a 2 year plan or a 10 year plan.
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You can't get an ATPL from a flight school. What you need is a CPL and IR which can get you into AN airline. Once you're working for an airline you can work your way towards an ATPL.
Reality check: the chances of getting into your chosen airline straight away (or even at all) are slim to none: you can choose the career but your first airline will choose you. So be prepared to live anywhere in the world if necessary.
The first thing you need to figure out is how you're going to pay for it. You might be looking at a 2 year plan or a 10 year plan.
Reality check: the chances of getting into your chosen airline straight away (or even at all) are slim to none: you can choose the career but your first airline will choose you. So be prepared to live anywhere in the world if necessary.
The first thing you need to figure out is how you're going to pay for it. You might be looking at a 2 year plan or a 10 year plan.
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It’s purely down to how competitive a candidate you are. Numbers vary depending on what you read but expect around 20,000 people to apply for at most 200 places. You’ve got a 1 in 100 chance. It’s down to you to level those odds by making yourself as attractive a candidate as possible.
My advice at this stage is slow down. That you aren’t aware of BA’s cadet scheme isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but it does show that you’re right at the start of your journey in terms of fact finding.
You’re 18, you have absolutely no rush. You can afford to spend a year or two trying to get on these sponsored schemes whilst working out what you actually want to do in terms of school and jobs should you not get a space.
The other and more pressing question is do you have £100K sat in a bank account somewhere, or do your parents who have said you can spend it on a licence? If not, now is the time to be directing your research at other routes such as becoming a modular student.
It’ll be a long process of spending many hours researching, visiting schools, speaking to students. But it should be. You’re making a life changing decision to pursue this, and you’ll likely be all in financially. You need to make sure you’re making the right decision.
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The beauty of the scheme is that it’s pretty wide open grades wise. Half a dozen GCSEs and you’re in.
It’s purely down to how competitive a candidate you are. Numbers vary depending on what you read but expect around 20,000 people to apply for at most 200 places. You’ve got a 1 in 100 chance. It’s down to you to level those odds by making yourself as attractive a candidate as possible.
My advice at this stage is slow down. That you aren’t aware of BA’s cadet scheme isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but it does show that you’re right at the start of your journey in terms of fact finding.
You’re 18, you have absolutely no rush. You can afford to spend a year or two trying to get on these sponsored schemes whilst working out what you actually want to do in terms of school and jobs should you not get a space.
The other and more pressing question is do you have £100K sat in a bank account somewhere, or do your parents who have said you can spend it on a licence? If not, now is the time to be directing your research at other routes such as becoming a modular student.
It’ll be a long process of spending many hours researching, visiting schools, speaking to students. But it should be. You’re making a life changing decision to pursue this, and you’ll likely be all in financially. You need to make sure you’re making the right decision.
It’s purely down to how competitive a candidate you are. Numbers vary depending on what you read but expect around 20,000 people to apply for at most 200 places. You’ve got a 1 in 100 chance. It’s down to you to level those odds by making yourself as attractive a candidate as possible.
My advice at this stage is slow down. That you aren’t aware of BA’s cadet scheme isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but it does show that you’re right at the start of your journey in terms of fact finding.
You’re 18, you have absolutely no rush. You can afford to spend a year or two trying to get on these sponsored schemes whilst working out what you actually want to do in terms of school and jobs should you not get a space.
The other and more pressing question is do you have £100K sat in a bank account somewhere, or do your parents who have said you can spend it on a licence? If not, now is the time to be directing your research at other routes such as becoming a modular student.
It’ll be a long process of spending many hours researching, visiting schools, speaking to students. But it should be. You’re making a life changing decision to pursue this, and you’ll likely be all in financially. You need to make sure you’re making the right decision.
In addition being 18 you don’t have sufficient education to be able to carry yourself financially should an aviation career be delayed by market forces or global events.
You also need a backup plan in case of medical disqualification.
