£40k+ NPPL!
Hi Guys,
Quite recently, I came across a guy who, I am reliably informed, had apparently done about 300 hrs Cessna spamcan flying at a UK club (£40K+?) just to get an NPPL.
He took up flying to overcome a fear of flying; but despite his NPPL flying still terrifies him. He still never flies without an instructor in the right hand seat.
Worst of all, he is a small businessman and had to remortgage his home to fund this training. He now has no pension provision and a mortgage debt so large that he will never be able to afford to retire: he will have to work until he drops.
He won't give up flying because that would make his past expenditure seem a complete waste of money, so he goes on flying even though he has this huge debt.
If I had been a club proprietor, and had done this to somebody, I wouldn't be able to sleep at night.
I feel any decent flying club or FTO has a duty to chop people who prove to have very poor flying ability - in their own interests.
Broomstick.