wow, you all bring many good points to my attention.
1. what do i want from my flying?
well if it wasnt for the fact that im colour blind, its my dream to be an airline pilot. iv always been obsessed with flying and only now (finished studying and got a job) is it possible to live that dream with general aviation and light aircraft. i had 2 colour vision tests at gatwick and failed both so....
flying for fun is unfortunatly all i can do. i cant fly at night even with a PPL and my licence shall have restrictions because im colour deficiant.
2. can i really afford this?
within limits yes. enough to get a tast for flying anyway! even if i end up having to give it up in near future because of financial issues, hopefully one day il be in a financialy secure position and will be able to use the licence more effectively huh! so im sure getting the licence wont be for nothing. hey if nothing else, its a great life experience!
3. train abroad for less??
iv looked into this, when you add it all up its not as beneficial as it sounds! how about money id lose for time of work? that alone gets you close to the difference of flying in the uk! also i believe for safety purposes learning to fly in the uk is probably better as this way id know the uk traffic as i hear it varys from that abroad. also tickets, transport, acommadation...
4.biggins expensive, good idea to look around...
oh my indeed! checked some other schools off the m25, what is biggin thinking? why is cabair so expensive? forgive me if iv missed something but do they offer some thing other schools dont because we arent just talking a bag of chips here! theyre landing fees are suprisingly more expensive than any other school iv checked out.
so iv come to a decision....
an NPPL at stapleford (read some reviews, been to there
www. and they are fairly close. of course il check the school further before commiting) seems the most convinient for me right? a fair bit cheaper, a bit more simplified an all aspects. i could do a little cross country, flying for fun untill they let the colour blind folks fly proffesionally
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if that ever happens il expand my NPPL, im sure this is possible.
thanks for all the input, hope i havent missed anything.
