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Old 3rd Apr 2005, 19:57
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From the EFT website:

"Uniform

By training with EFT, you are becoming part of a professional training environment in every respect. This necessitates a strict dress code, and you will be required to wear a uniform at all times whilst at school and during flights. EFT's uniform consists of black shoes and trousers with belt, and a white pilot shirt with epaulette holders. Short sleeves are worn at our USA base, and long sleeves and tie at our European base (except in summer).

To complete their uniform, students will be awarded stripes according to course in accordance with the following system:


PPL student one silver stripe
CPL student two silver stripes
IR student three silver stripes
FI student & above four silver stripes"


What complete and utter twaddle! Why should you, as a PPL customer, be told what colour shoes to wear? I agree with a short sleeve shirt and trousers, but a poseur's pilot shirt with little silver stripes? Oh purrrrleeeeeze! A polo shirt and jeans would do.

I doubt whether their fashion police will let you wear your brown shoes - but why bother going to somewhere which demands such nonsense for recreational flying training? Or suggests that you buy your own fuel strainer and fuel dipstick?

Presumably they check that you've cleaned your shoes every day and award you demerits if you haven't? And how many pilot shirts will you need to bring with you if you have to fly for 21 days in a row?
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