How important are A'levels
 

I want to self study up to flight instructor and then move onto applying to airlines in about 3 years but if i do all that and only have an e in maths and d in english double c in science all only at gcse will they look at that. as some big airilines on their job requirement don't mention it.

Thanks for the reply, i'll try and just get as much flying exp as poss.:D

Academic qualifications are important if you wish to apply for one of the airline-associated self-sponsored schemes run by OAT, CTC et al, and may be of some interest to airlines if you are a recent school-leaver and are applying for direct entry*. As you age and your experience (of both flying and life) increases, educational qualifications assume an ever-smaller importance.

*Up to now, airlines have been pretty much totally uninterested in academic qualifications for direct entry pilots, but there is some evidence to suggest that some airlines are about to take a little more interest, with one or two even talking about requiring degrees at some unspecified time in the future. However, at a time when jobs are plentiful and high-quality candidates less so, this seems a strange moment to talk about raising the bar! So I would take this one with a pinch of salt, for now.

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