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Most pilot training content covers people starting training in their late teens or early 20s - but what if you're starting over in your mid-30's?

This site is a document of a real journey of changing careers later in life, leaving 15 years of software development behind, and working towards becoming a commercial airline pilot with a UK based airline.

I did get my PPL when I was young, so the focus now will be on the steps beyond, however I did document that at the time, so have included it here too (see PPL training).

I’ll be sharing regular updates, training milestones, costs, challenges, and everything I learn along the way.

If you want to know more about my story and why I've decided to make the jump now, head over to the about page.

Latest post

easyJet MPL stage 2 selection

20 May 2026
An easyJet A320 at Reus

Stage 2 is the ADAPT test, it’s made up of a series of tests which are all done online, including a personality questionnaire, non-calculator maths & physics, cognitive & numerical reasoning, and finally, a FAST test (which is around multi-tasking)

Since booking the stage 2 assessment I’ve been doing everything I can to prepare for it, given it’s been around 20 years since I’ve looked at some of the maths and physics that I would be tested on. I’ve had an app on my phone which gives a quick fire mental maths test which I’ve been doing in any downtime just to try and re-build that skill.

I also took the past week off work in order spend some dedicated, undistracted time, revising GCSE level topics in both maths and physics. In this post I’ll go over what I did to prepare and then go over in detail what happened during the actual test.

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