My advice would be to continue to gain flying, but for a lad of 14 you do have quite a lot. Im only 16, but I also started fying when i was 14. The problem with it is, quite simply, youre too young. Wait for a little bit, and then once you have taken youre GCSE’s, that summer (this summer now for me!) try and fly solo. If you gain too many hours before that in my opinion it would not a waste of money, but money that would be better spent later on.
Ok, once you have left school etc you need to be ready to apply to airlines. To be honest, sponsorship is almost non existent at the moment, but dont let that stop you applying. They might want to have you as a pilot because you will show how commited you are by gaining a PPL. If you cant get the sponsorship, then im afraid it may be tough times ahead! But DONT LET THAT PUT YOU OFF!! Basically, without sponsorship, you need to find about £52,000. Thats big money, and it wont be easy paying it off. University graduates leave university with about £15,000 debt, and they find that very very hard to pay off.
From what I know, and from what other pilots have told me (know about 6 airline pilots), there are two options from there.
1: Get a loan with the help from an airline, and lets say you were going to apply to Easyjet, you would take out a £52,000 loan at a 5.25% APR, and pay it off over 7 years working for the airline. CTCMcAlpine train their pilots.
Option 2: Get an instructor rating and become an instructor for a few years and build up youre hour from there.
Do google searches for these websites, they may have more information:
CTCMcAlpine
BAe flight training, Jerez in spain
Oxford Aviation (http://www.oxfordaviation.net)
Cabair Training college.
Hope this has been of some help, and by the way, my advice will be less usefull than someone like Skycruiser and Wys, so if our information conflicts, take their word for it!!
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