When I left school I
worked in our family
landscape business. I
enjoyed the physical
challenge and the
creativity involved in
transforming gardens,
however I’ve always
had a passion for
aviation and wanted
to become a
commercial
airline pilot.
My most memorable
moment was
mentoring in the
2013 Young Engineer
Programme, where
I worked with Spirit
Aerosystems and
pupils from Doonfoot
Primary School to
encourage a new
generation of future
engineers. We created
fun, informative
experiments which
helped the children
gain a practical insight
into the basic physics
of flight.
“MY IDEAL
JOB WOULD
BE WORKING
WITH
CUTTING
EDGE
AVIATION
AND
TECHNOLOGY.”
At the start of my
college course my
ambition was to
I decided to change
become a commercial
my career and
airline pilot, although
apply for an aircraft
through course
engineering course
progression I have
at Ayrshire College.
I was worried about
Since starting college I found an interest in
returning to education now believe in my own advanced avionics and
system designs.
and how I would cope abilities, improved
with the workload but my communication
I want to combine
the enthusiasm of my and organisation
my love of flying
lecturers helped me
skills, and learned
with the design and
settle into my course. how to work under
implementation of
I have a lot of respect pressure. I’ve just
future aircraft systems,
for the lecturers
started year three of
hopefully in the role
as they put huge
the BEng Aeronautical of a test flight pilot
amounts of effort and Engineering course at or engineer. My
energy into creating
the University of the
ideal job would be
a great learning
West of Scotland, and working at the cutting
environment.
I’m sure I’ll put these edge of aviation
skills to good use.
with technology that
could one day make
EFFORT
flying safer and more
economical for all.
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