Another wannabie
Hello, another wannabe pilot looking for some general advice.
A list of facts / limiting factors
- 42 years of age (yep I know, could be more ideal)
- Living in a Nordic country
- Have EASA medical
- Have a young daughter and girlfriend so can't just go off flight training somewhere for months
- Have a UK PPL(A) but the type rating expired some 10 years ago
- I should be able to borrow the money I need, or it's possible I'll have to try and find a part time job if I max out all other possibilities
I have concluded that flight training is too expensive where I live, plus employment opportunities both now and in the future are probably not good for me (language skill issues amongst other things), so the plan is to relocate to the UK.
I am working on getting the UK medical, so everything else is obviously dependant on that.
The basic idea is that I will;
1. Remain where I live for now, buy the ATPL ground school course from Bristol Groundschool. I will try and do the hardest subjects first, spend 2/3 months, maybe more getting a few exams done.
2. Relocate to the UK, renew the type rating and start flying the needed hours
- 150 TT and 100PIC needed to start CPL course I think?
- hour building > SEIR > hour building > MEP > MEIR > hour building > SECPL once @ 200 hours with ATPL exams completed > UPRT > APS MCC
Does this seem to work as a plan?
Does anyone have any recommendations on flight schools? I am looking ideally around the South-East but for family reasons I might end up elsewhere in the country, maybe midlands or further north.
Does anyone have any recommendations for finance (like I said I at least should be able to borrow, but always worth hearing about other options if my Plan A falls through).
Does anyone know which APTL exams I should focus on first (I want to do the hardest ones first if possible). I might get this help from the course anyway.
Any other advice (Example: "What are you doing? You are crazy")
Thanks!