The instructor who was going to do the differences training told me that the caa had made him write out a course of ground school and flying that would take a whole day to complete incl 1 hr of flying . At the end of the day it is just a big jet ranger and i do think that is over the top !! I will fly dual with another pilot , go through the differences , and fly on my faa licence . This is not a big deal , just symptomatic of what is going on in this country and with the price of fuel going where its going there will be precious little GA left in this country within a couple of years. Already many aircraft are virtually unsaleable due to the costs and airfields are getting quiet which will mean their closure in due course . Sadly , the possible saviour of diesel flying has had a set back with ( i hear but cannot promise ) their imminent grounding . I am not usually a pessimist but i am afraid it all looks very dark out there at the moment
