Hi there,
I'm a 40 hour student pilot hoping to complete his PPL soon. In the last few months, I've been contemplating what to actually do with my PPL once I get it. It's something I've wanted since I've been knee high to a terriers testicle - so I don't want to waste it bimbling around a circuit for the rest of my days (not that that's a bad thing!)
The one thing that keeps popping into my head is flight instruction. I've heard that the best way to really learn how to fly is to teach it, so if it benefits me and some future students of mine, great. My flight instructor is a top class pilot, great mentor and has a genuine interest in how his students progress. I could not find any fault with the guy, except maybe I do notice that he gets stressed at times, but then again that's probably my flying
My questions are:
1) What would be the best methods of perfecting my airmanship over the next year or so of hour building? I realise from driving a car that once I passed my test, my skills got sloppy. I would like to ensure the opposite with airmanship - I want to refine it. Lots of x-countries? Lots of circuits? Both? Fly passengers and try to make them feel at ease?
2) I'm thinking of starting out aiming for the Light Aircraft Flight Instuctor cert from the new regs at EASA. Is this a recommended method, or should I go the whole hog and go for a PPL FI cert?
Does having a LAFI cert make it easier to transition to a PPL FI?
Thanks in advance,
Martin.