Trevor Macken
18th Jan 2008, 03:15
Hi All,
This is my first post so please be patient. I have done what mod Scroggs has said and searched the DB but to no avail so here goes:
It was April 2004 I was on an extended annual family holiday to Florida after been made redundant from a job I was in for 9 years. Despite this set back I was in jovial mood and decided after a week on the beach to do a trial flight at the local flight school. I did the flight with a youngish Norwegian gent and it was fantastic, actually it was better than that so much so I booked a second. After the second flight the flight instructor recommended that if I was going to do any more flying I should probably get a student pilot licence and a medical from the F.A.A. which sounded like a lot of hassle but suprisingly all this was completed within 48hrs... As this was a family holiday I had ABSOLUTELY NO INTENTION of doing P.P.L exams and just continued to fly for the pure fun of it. Upon leaving FL I had amassed nearly 40 hours of flight with about 7 hours Solo... What you have to understand at this point I didn't have any plan's to continue flight training due to pressures of family life and obviously the financial pressures in such a venture.
Now I'm in a completely different position. I can afford to part personally finance my ATPL's alongside a little assistance from the bank. My question's are as follow's:
A) Can I use the hours I built up back in '04 to go towards my PPL if I take the modular route or do I have to bin them and start again ?
B) Has anyone completed the JCC programme at BCFT ? If so please either pm me your experiences or post below.
Thanks for your help.:cool:
T.M.
Bucks
This is my first post so please be patient. I have done what mod Scroggs has said and searched the DB but to no avail so here goes:
It was April 2004 I was on an extended annual family holiday to Florida after been made redundant from a job I was in for 9 years. Despite this set back I was in jovial mood and decided after a week on the beach to do a trial flight at the local flight school. I did the flight with a youngish Norwegian gent and it was fantastic, actually it was better than that so much so I booked a second. After the second flight the flight instructor recommended that if I was going to do any more flying I should probably get a student pilot licence and a medical from the F.A.A. which sounded like a lot of hassle but suprisingly all this was completed within 48hrs... As this was a family holiday I had ABSOLUTELY NO INTENTION of doing P.P.L exams and just continued to fly for the pure fun of it. Upon leaving FL I had amassed nearly 40 hours of flight with about 7 hours Solo... What you have to understand at this point I didn't have any plan's to continue flight training due to pressures of family life and obviously the financial pressures in such a venture.
Now I'm in a completely different position. I can afford to part personally finance my ATPL's alongside a little assistance from the bank. My question's are as follow's:
A) Can I use the hours I built up back in '04 to go towards my PPL if I take the modular route or do I have to bin them and start again ?
B) Has anyone completed the JCC programme at BCFT ? If so please either pm me your experiences or post below.
Thanks for your help.:cool:
T.M.
Bucks