Qualifications
You probably hear the most common competencies required for becoming a pilot. Some of them include: Being passionate about aviation - motivation, ambition, team-player bla bla bla. Have at least secondary education - at least a pass in GCSE English, maths and physics, which a monkey could achieve nowadays. There's probably a few more in there but you get the picture. Some of these competencies are thrown around quite loosely though. Take 'working under pressure', what does that actually mean? Most people would come up with something like being able to deal with a deadline at work. Yes, well most people can and should be able to do that. But a better answer would be someone who has faced a sudden unexpected change that has significantly increased their workload, but is able to work through and complete their task to a high standard. Specifics are important when you talk about competencies. I remember when I was a 15 year old wanking myself to death, my careers advisor at sch
