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Old 28th June 2006 | 12:07
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Fuji Abound
 
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It was of course a bit tongue in cheek! As you say should it ever happen the card is there!



I am still at a loss on this.

There appears to be agreement that changes to the PPL syllabus would be a very good thing and should prevent new pilots making this type of mistake.

Of course that in itself does little about the eixsting problem becasue of the time it will take to filter through.

The biennial seems to be the other check point.

The common theme seems to be pleas from the instructors that they are only given an hour and there is a lot to cram in.

I just dont buy that.

Isnt an hour sufficent to take in a bit of CAS or if you happen to be in a part of the country where any CAS is too far away at least the instructor could for the sake of the flight redesignate an ATZ as CAS.

So in the south it might go something like:

"Plan a flight to MAY, ask for a clearance direct X (which takes in a bit of CAS), and then back home by whatever route you wish."

There is plenty of time to throw in a bit of upper air work en route (show me a stall, a bit of slow flight whatever you like) and back home a couple of circuits with a PFL.

Surely as an instructor you come away from that knowing whether the pilot is safe (or not) and whether he is likely to be the next airspace infringer.

It seems too simple .
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