T5, please forgive me if you think I’m rubbishing A levels, I really am not. However I wouldn’t say A levels are everything, far from it. In the case of two candiadate for one job I have been told by the best possible person who could give me advice (an airline selector who shall remain namless) that they will look at the best qualified in terms of aviation results, then personality wise (in fact this is usually comes before who has the best aviation results), then on the sim check. If you look at http://www.gapan.org/career/survey.htm you’ll see that the airlines said that education is only the 7th most important factor taken into consideration. This decision is my own, but was made on the advice of teachers and aviation professionals, I therefore feel that it is unfair for you to cast judgement on my decision as you did in your example.
I think there is a very worrying belief in the UK that exam results are everything, this puts undue pressure on people such as myself, LGKR and T5 and gets us into a rut thinking that we have to be the best or we are nothing. My main concern of leaving before A levels is only that I will be seen as a ‘drop out’, when in fact as I have been told continually by my teachers of all people that I am in fact just taking the next step to further my career.
LGKR (Lee I presume :D) I would love it to be an Elation 737 but I don’t think that’s going to happen anytime soon 🙂 Maybe when I retire!!
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