2 Weeks To Go!

First of all, welcome to my blog! I am going to keep it up to date for the next 18 months for family and friends (or whoever comes across it) to follow me through my journey to that right hand seat of an airliner as a First Officer.

It has been a lifelong dream of mine to become an airline pilot and I have always had my eyes on being a CTC cadet. I applied for the CTC Wings Cadet programme in October 2012 and after a few weeks of hard work, brushing up on mental maths and practising hand eye co-ordination, I went for an assessment day at the beginning of December, down at Dibden Manor in Southampton. It was a very stressful day but I was determined in my mind to get through it and the next day I received that all important phonecall - my dream was to become a reality! I was really shocked, excited, nervous, everything at once! 

I went for my medical at Gatwick airport in February and after a few hours of hearing tests, eyesight tests and blood samples I was deemed fit to fly, I was very relieved! 

So here we are now, with just under 2 weeks to go until I head down to Southampton for 6 months for ground school and exams and then go off to New Zealand to fly! I am still waiting on news as to where I will be living, but have started getting in contact with other people on my CP (107).