flight school

[apple]

Would anybody recommend a flight school
either in the States ,Spain or anywhere else apart from BAE Jerez and OAT

The FTO must be JAA approved to ATPL and offer intergrated courses

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[clear prop!!!]

Apple,

You have discounted two of the best integrated schools.

Why?

If you want to start trawling for second best just look at the ads in Pilot there are some good schools in there but why,…why, miss out the obvious best contenders???????

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[Captain Chaos 747]

Apple one word for you Bristol by far the best in the business in my opinion and many others, the instructors are some of the best in the business forget OAT I have been to them and found them a little poor compared Bristol. At Bristol the class size is not very big so the instructors can give you more one to one tuition and they are more cost effective.

They got me through the training and I am just about to start my first airline job (I am so lucky!) <img src="smile.gif" border="0">

[apple]

CLEAR PROP
The two schools in question are no doubt of standing repute however their entry requirements are that I have a strong background in maths and as for Jerez I cant take my lovely wife as I must live in the compound

[Paul Hickley]

Don't get too carried away by the requirement for a strong background in maths. We are not talking about anything beyond GCSE - honestly.

You need to be quick and proficient at elementary mental arithmetic - adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing - without a calculator - quickly and accurately.

You need to be able to re-arrange elementary algebra - ie, "make 'x' the subject of the following equation" when it is set out as 'y' = something.

And you need to understand sine, cosine, and tangent.

It really doesn't need to be any deeper than that. No calculus. No hyperpolic functions.

I bet you can cope with that. It's being able to calculate quickly rather than the depth of your previous studies that matters. And you can work that up by practice if you want to succeed.

All the best

Paul

[MAX]

The maths requires you to accumulate £50k in a fast time. Quickly juxtaposing this cost with other competetive schools. If you practice mutiple subtractions from your bank account you will soon be joining the rest of us. Remember, a negativeXnegative = postive. ie:job. :) :)

MAX <img src="cool.gif" border="0">

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