I would LOVE to have done the helicopter FI course part time. However, I couldn't as the course I wanted was too far from home. I know from experience that I don't do well on intensive courses - I get too anxious, lose confidence, and don't do as well as I could if I took more time and had breaks. I know this is contrary to the received wisdom that the quicker you do anything in aviation the better, but people are different. In the end I got exhausted and depressed, then caught a bad cold so couldn't do enough theory revision. I finished the course but abandoned the whole thing before the test, and went home to recover. I went back several weeks later, feeling much better, for a few hours flying to get back up to scratch, and then the test. Part time in the first instance would have been a much better idea for me. Go for it FFF.
