Commercial Aviation college courses.

To be honest, I am not enjoying college (Luke – PLEASE notice the E instead of the A!) no where near as much this year. Feels like we’re wasting time to be honest, and now I am eighteen, I just want to get out and work!

So luke what does principles of flight mean? 😀
Good Luck with the job I guess its at NCL?

James

Its really just how a plane flys.

Yup its NCL huge recuritment drive on at the moment for newcastle.

Well here i am at collage again!! today principles of flight finally kicked in for me understanding most of it now!!

also i just applied with jet2 for cabin crew so wish me luck!!

So luke what does principles of flight mean? 😀
Good Luck with the job I guess its at NCL?

James

Well here i am at collage again!! today principles of flight finally kicked in for me understanding most of it now!!

also i just applied with jet2 for cabin crew so wish me luck!!

I would say in general! Unless you’ve been to uni then you’ll not know how much fun it is.

Funnily enough work used to be like that, with the added bonus of planes and living aborad!

Uni isn’t for everyone!

Exactly, Steve. I started touring with bands two weeks after leaving school at 16, and I’ve spent the vast majority of my time behind mixing desks and on stages at home and abroad ever since. Not only do I spend my life doing a job I love, I do probably 30 flights a year with the band when we’re touring out of the UK and my 350D is always with me, so I get to combine my three little obsessions and actually get paid for it.

Let’s just say I’m happy I didn’t go for the Uni option!

Paul

Uni is great……when you’re on holiday and there’s not constant work/study to be done!

Funnily enough work used to be like that, with the added bonus of planes and living aborad!

Uni isn’t for everyone!

It all sounds really good… and here is me stuck in high school doing chemistry today 🙁

Uni is great……when you’re on holiday and there’s not constant work/study to be done!

Torture.

haha both of my tutors have a load of experience in both fields so they make pretty good for us.

Off to ncl some time soon to look at the 737-200 we have up there an get a look at the cockpit and the control surfaces last i heard everything was in working order.

Principles of flight

Ticketing

Torture.

Do you mean in aviation related matters or in general, just out of interest?

Paul

I would say in general! Unless you’ve been to uni then you’ll not know how much fun it is. Of course it could just be Loughborough, hence why Adam and I would have the same opinion…but I know thats not true. The majority of my friends went to uni, in all sorts of locations and courses and they all had 3/4/5 fantastic years. Aviation course optional LOL.

In other words, University is a must-do, life experience.

Do you mean in aviation related matters or in general, just out of interest?

Paul

sounds really interesting Luke, glad you’re enjoying it!

I’m a week and a half into my 2nd year at Loughborough University doing Air Transport Management BSc. Unlike other courses, the modules arent so specific or ‘practical’ like Meteorology and Ticketing and they are much more management based. My modules are:

Transport Planning

Economics of Transport

Business Strategy and Policy for Transport (sounds boring, but is really interesting) I bought a £40 book for the module today, which will sure be an entertaining light read of around 1100 pages (but dont let that put anyone off doing the course – i certainly wont be reading it all, lol)

Project Appraisal (plain boring and too much maths, imo)

Management Science (scary way of saying Operations Research, made entertaining by a funny lecturer)

Transport Risk and Safety

On the whole, it is really great fun.

Heading off to NEMA tommorow (again 😀 ) with a couple of friends to catch the An-225.

I had a principles of flight type module last year, and I believe that ‘airline marketing and management’ comes in semester 2.

Throughout last year i attended talks from a BA long haul pilot (through the Uni’s flying club), a BAe test pilot (was first person to fly the Hawk), and an RAF Harrier pilot who had had some time in Afghanistan (but that talk was through another Uni department). Ive also got up close to the ‘EAP’ aircraft which is sitting in aero department (was a one off BAE experimental aircraft, precursor to the Eurofighter Typhoon programme).

In other words, University is a must-do, life experience.

How is every one doing on there courses then now that we have been back for a while now??

me its all good

Cargo: very interesting at the airport for it.

Marketing: Aint quite got my head round it yet but getting there also at the airport for that lecture.

Principles of flight: Awesome i love it!! got a great tutor had 2 guest speakers in 1 an B777 pilot for klm, and a Ezy pilot.

Ticketing: the most brain challangeing subject on a friday afternoon!!
Passenger services agent: Good subject most of it i know already.

Meteorlogy: Very interesting subject.

Cheers Tom

James

Its really not that difficult to do a Google search… I put ‘Baggage Handlers’ in, and the first result came up with the answer.

http://www.learndirect-advice.co.uk/helpwithyourcareer/jobprofiles/profiles/profile952/

Do you have to have a driver licsenes to be a baggage handlers?

James

To be part of the ground or baggage handlers, you don’t [I]need[B] these.

However, surely an extra qualification can only help in your quest for a job, and for me anyway, I was only 16 when I left school, and can’t start work in aviation until 18 years of age!

Ok cheers Tom Im waiting for something to happen at Manston 😀 or I be a baggage handler at LGW but as I dont drive I have to get the Train.

James

I’m currently in my 2nd year of 6th form studying A-levels in Maths, Economics and Physics. After completing them next July I plan to take a year off and go travelling a bit. I then intend in the Summer of 2008 to start my flying training at Stapleford airfield to eventually gain my ATPL to go and fly for an airline. If the industry changes, or I can’t source the money, or I fail the medical, I shall then use my A-levels to get a degree. Probably in something related to Aviation Management or Economics….possibly Aeronautics.

To be part of the ground or baggage handlers, you don’t [I]need[B] these.

However, surely an extra qualification can only help in your quest for a job, and for me anyway, I was only 16 when I left school, and can’t start work in aviation until 18 years of age!