Without a doubt the highlight of my flight training to date. The moment where it all begins to feel within touching distance. Despite having no passengers in the back and just an instructor, waking up early and getting used to airline flight sectors and rosters really made this course feel like a few weeks on […]

What more to say? It’s a hidden gem. Honestly, It really is. I was fortunately made aware of this Polish ATO during groundschool, looking at my finances and feeling, well, daunted by what seemed impossible. The Polish ATO’s made my dream possible, Adriana made it achievable. I must have pestered every British Pilot to train […]

First of all, an apology! It’s been a while since I’ve last post on my blog despite undertaking training towards both my UPRT (A) and MEIR CPL. It’s just been such a strange few months and has left me and many other aviation professionals feeling despair, helplessness and disappointment. But despite this, I’ve managed to […]

Just weeks ago, I listened to two British Airways captains as they presented a workshop aimed towards informing inspiring pilots about the journey to the flight deck and providing advice and support for selection. Whilst discussing their journey they highlighted that the Aviation industry was a volatile one and despite having a world renowned Air […]

It’s a personal question. It’s a question many are afraid to ask trainee and graduate pilots. The answers differ vastly depending on your background, personal circumstances and many other factors. Here’s a brief overview of how I’m funding my training and a look into my current situation. Since leaving School I have been employed by […]

Becoming an airline pilot isn’t easy. Far from it. It’s brutal, its challenging and it will make you question your deepest aspirations and characteristics. Failure at some point along the path is unfortunately inevitable.  Churchill once said “Success is not final, failure is not fatal, it’s the courage to continue that counts”. I stand by this […]

A day I never thought would come, the completion of my ATPL examinations! It’s been exceptionally tough, but I am delighted to announce that I have completed all exams with an average of 87%. My ATPL sentence is over and it hasn’t quite sunk in! Firstly, an apology. It’s been a few months since I […]

That’s it! University is done! What a feeling, I absolutely have no clue what to do with myself. The last few weeks and in fact months have been extremely challenging, it’s been non-stop between work, University work and ATPL’s. University work has been particularly challenging though, with the dissertation, varying pieces of coursework and two […]

It’s been a while since I last posted. Why? I’ve been exceptionally busy studying towards Module 3 of my ATPL’s whilst completing University coursework, managing the Aviation Society Committee and of course, completing shifts at work! A great deal of time in recent weeks has been spent researching, writing and preparing my dissertation. Thankfully, myself […]

This is becoming a bit of a regular occurrence… Just returned from Gatwick once more, where I’ve sat three more of the fourteen ATPL exams. Having only just completed Module 3 with Bristol.GS in March and having four weeks of University, I decided to sit the ATPL’s in order to not leave pressure to complete may […]