FEBA
If City University and Oxford are interested, that’s great. But, their interest may wane when they realise the commercial returns are limited. This was/is the problem I came up against when I first set out to find an institution to take this project on. But, I hope I'm wrong, as I think we're all agreed, the objective is to establish a single standard of Ops officer training in the UK and hopefully under the CAA/JAA. The more courses the better. As I said in my previous post, credit to Glasgow for taking this on and from what Opsbods is telling me the re-issued materials are a major improvement and we seem now to be back on track with the GCNS ICAO course.
FEBA, your point about an OU style approach is valid, and having watched my wife do one last year I agree, from what I'm hearing the College are moving that direction, but frankly I doubt it would match the OU, that’s a hard act to follow. It is perhaps relevant to note here that there are many ATPL students out there who are doing an equivalent course this way and getting through their licence exams, if you're committed, I have no doubt the materials from Glasgow will be more than adequate to get you through this course. Distance learning, as you'll know, requires dedication and self-motivation and this course is no different. I've watched many ops officers get through their ATPL's the same way, but it takes work, and support for sure.
FG, I trust you read my previous post regarding 'approval' of the course. The most significant approval this course is going to have is industry recognition and UKOMA have taken that on board, OpsBod perhaps can update on UKOMA activities.
I'd say to anyone that for European JAROPS this is the material to be studying. Where the FAA Dispatch ticket is a valuable licence if you want to work under the FAR's, remember that much of the learning comes with the airline you work with, after you have your licence, and it does not include JAROPS and ICAO weather. With the ICAO course you'll cover those subjects on the course.
Covec, I'd recommend you read the past postings on the subject above, I'd advise you to do the above rather than the C&G, particularly if you can apply for RAF Re-settlement support to pay for the course. The UK CAA and the JAA have have notified the intent to adopt the ICAO 7192 training syllabus as the basis for Ops Officer training ( see previous posts). Check out the Glasgow College of nautical Studies website and also the IAFALDA.org website has information on the job and the ICAO course working group.
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