Some fag-packet maths...
1,000 aircraft/owners a year means 19 seven hour "type ratings" per week.
19 x 7 hours of flying is 133 hours of testing/training per week
An instructor can fly about 17 hours a week (3.4 hours a day over a 5 day week)
133 divided by 17 is about 8
So....Hill is going to need about 8 full time instructors/examiners onsite every week, and that's not allowing for weather/sickness/holidays/aircraft tech/extra training needed etc etc
So let's say ten instructors/examiners.
Given the state of the flight training industry in the uk, where exactly are ten full-time (experienced turbine) flight instructors/examiners going to be found who are willing to relocate to wherever the factory is?
Last edited by PPRuNeUser469990; 21st February 2025 at 16:27.