Training in SA or US

[birdlady]

SK -

All the points porridge made are spot on The only thing you have to be carefull of is the student visa situation. The CAA, the bright sparks that they are, have now decided that if you dont have a student visa they wont issue you with a PPL. For CPL you need a work permit or residency. This has all been mentioned in my above post but what I seem to have omitted is that its not that easy to get a student visa. If your based in the Uk Im sure its just a case of tootling down to your local SA embasy and obtaining one. If, however you have to renew it here, which Ive had to do a couple of times, its a real pain in the ass. Im trying to sort this issue out at the mo as Im in the process of doing my CPL so will get hold of someone in the licencing department tomorrow and enquire what the story is. Will get back to you shortly.............BL