Wow, I didn’t realise he flew for Aurigny. That has always been my dream, short island hopping flights, manual flying, the good old way. I have recently decided against it though because I have heard that flying the props is not excellent pay, eventhough on the island hopping flights there isn’t a chance to use autopilot, making the job more difficult. More recently I am thinking of trying my very, very hardest in A-levels to get into a university to do a degree in Aeronautics, I know that at the Hatfield university you get to do your PPL whilst doing the degree. Then, as I don’t think I have any chance of being able to afford to do my CPL and ATPL privately, my only hope is a sponsorship. I know they are extremely rare and hard to get, but with an aeronautics degree behind me it will hopefully show lots of commitment and then when the chance does arise, I have more chance than other people of being accepted.

I think CTC McAlpine will be good, because although I doubt I will be good enough to be sponsored by Thomas Cook staright away, I could start lower down the ranks at Easyjet and get a bit of experience so that I can fly for a charter airline slightly later on in my career.

I know that there are lots of ways of going about it, but how exactly did you do it wys, and any other pilots out there?