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Carefree
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Tall Pilot Woe

Post by Carefree » Tue Oct 08, 2013 10:05 am

Hey, long story short is that I have applied for and been rejected Commercial Pilot training in the UK on the basis that I am 6'6" tall and the height limit for certain airlines is 6'5" (6'3" in the case of BA). Is there anybody that knows of a training program that allows for people over 6'5" in the UK?

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Mike
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Re: Tall Pilot Woe

Post by Mike » Tue Oct 08, 2013 10:17 am

It's probably best to join PPRuNe and ask the question over there, here's the link :- http://www.pprune.org/

Good luck with your career. :) :thumb:
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Re: Tall Pilot Woe

Post by Carefree » Tue Oct 08, 2013 11:39 am

Hi Mike,

Thanks for taking the time to reply, naturally I've tried pprune.org but thought I would cast a wider net and see if anyone had some advice outside the box so to speak.

Thanks again for replying

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Re: Tall Pilot Woe

Post by Mike » Tue Oct 08, 2013 11:43 am

No problem, did you get any helpful answers from pprune?
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Re: Tall Pilot Woe

Post by Carefree » Tue Oct 08, 2013 4:09 pm

Mostly Pilots telling me that they are taller than the supposed height restrictions and to not let it stop me. Not much in the way of a concrete way of getting around it though.

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Re: Tall Pilot Woe

Post by MarkL » Tue Oct 08, 2013 5:27 pm

I will NEVER complain about being 5'8" again. What a downer. Good luck and I hope you get to live your dream !

Mark

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