Career Change to Pilot

An interesting change Neil. Its an expensive process but I wish you all the best! Good luck 👍

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I mean I have no idea of the whle 'becoming a pilot' process but would love to be there in the end. I can raise the money and I think im at a good age (21).

One thing you might want to consider is that training to become a pilot is a lot cheaper in the USA than it is in the UK. Theres a flight school in America (British run) that charges £2999 compared to around £6000 here. Anyway, its something you may want to consider.

Have a read through this post, how to become a pilot:

http://www.balpa.org.uk/intranet/How-to-bec/How-to-become-a-pilot.pdf

Some of the costs you will incur:

http://www.balpa.org.uk/intranet/How-to-bec/self-funding.doc_cvt.htm

Training abroad option:

http://www.balpa.org.uk/intranet/How-to-bec/-Training-Abroad.rtf_cvt.htm

I hope that is useful 😉

Thank you I will have a read.

No problem, just to bombard you with some more reading...

http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=138022

...that is an account of someones journey from 0 hours to getting his license over a year later. A very long but extremely interesting and informative read 😉

Thanks.

The thing that worries me that I read all over is about qualifications and minimum requirements.

Some of the things I read say minimum of 5 GCSE's with A-C grade. I have some grade C's but only in science and not English and Maths.

However, throughout my career so far I have complete a NVQ level 3, A level and just finishing a Higher National Certificate.

Will any of that hold me back do you think?

No don't worry about stated minimum qualifications

The airline industry is an ever increasing business with little amount of spaces needed for pilots etc. This means that qualifications are becoming more important. That is not to say that qualifications are the be all and end all of pilots being hired; far from it, but they are important.
Not having a GCSE grade C in English and Maths might prove problematic. Do you have any A levels? HNCs and GNVQs along with A levels are considered further education, so might be sufficient in lack of GCSE's but thats no certainty. To work for a major airline, GCSEs in maths and english at C or above is almost certainly needed, but maybe you could email them and ask them.

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Or you could ignore all of the above 😂 ; PH knows what hes talking about 😉

Theres no harm in emailing a few airlines or companies and seeing what they recommend if its holding you back or you are worrying about it.

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I guess email airlines is the best thing. I will do that at some point.

As you may see I have 1 A level, a level 3 NVQ and will have a HNC.

That should be ok then. You have surpassed minimum requirements in some areas so it just depends on the airline I suppose. I'm sure an exceptional pilot wouldn't ever be turned down on previous grades 😉

my reccomendation to become a pilot is to try to go to und.(i don't know, are you already going to college) even if you are going to college, going to und gives you a 100 percent chance of being hired.