A London – Dresden link would be excellent, avoid changing at Frankfurt or Munich….although I have to confess I quite enjoy changing!

To get a job at the end of this bloody training!! 😀

There’s absolutely no way you could do your A levels and ATPL at the same time!! I stuggle enough doing my ATPL groundschool and I study it 13 hours a day, how could you possibly get in A levels as well!

Some very interesting points raised there Ian which have brought me over to the bus side a bit more. One thing I didn’t think about, although it’s obvious is the fact that on long haul you won’t actually be manually flying for much of the flight at all, a yoke would take up so much space and cause much discomfort whereas with the sidestick you’ll be flying in comfort! Just think you’ll have that table to read your Airliner World (or other publications 😉 ) on!!

The standard doesn’t need to be anywhere near A-Level standard. OAT say that you’ll need GCSE standard. In my first few weeks of training I did study slightly with the Maths involved, but my confidence has increased as I’ve gone on and I now feel comfortable in the majority of problems I have to deal with.

With regard as to where the Maths actually pops up I think it would be safe to say nearly everywhere. I have encountered Maths in everyone of my subjects to date, including Human Performance!!

You’ll need to know pythagoras, SOH CAH TOA, and easy stuff like multiplication. With practise it comes easily!

How bad will I look after telling you guys this!!! I got a D at my Physics GCSE, all you need to be able to do is pass the physics exam for the OAT selection. I had 60 hours physics tuition over the summer and it helped me no end, I ended up getting 87% on the physics paper.

OAT’s looking for good personalities ‘stable extraverts’ as they continually tell us. They are looking more to see what kind of captain you’ll make than if you are a genius. The actual maths and physics on the course are hard, but I get through it, and if I can, I’m sure plenty of others can.

!“Maths, Help!” – My exact thoughts as I sat in a Mass and Balance lecture yesterday! But seriously, I wouldn’t worry too much about your standard, it doesn’t need to be too advanced as the maths is pretty basic and you do the same things so often that even if you don’t get it first time, you’ll work it out sooner or later.

I’m awful at Maths, I got a C at GCSE, but I’m not struggling with the Maths in groundschool, so if I can do it, I’m sure you can