Originally Posted by
DaveUnwin
Hi GliFly, I heard a whisper that the ATC were actively discouraging cadets from flying with civil clubs. I also heard that when approached by some civil clubs about flying cadets the ATC insisted that only Full Cat Instructors could fly cadets. Can anyone confirm or refute this?
In my day, AP1919 put so many restrictions on ATC cadets flying in light civil aircraft whilst wearing uniform it just wasn't worth the bother of going through the paperwork, the sole exception being the microlight AEF we did at Halton using a 'blood chit' which had been approved by HQAC; even Flying Scholarship cadets had to fly with instructors who had been checked out by CFS and had a minimum number of hours on type.