ATPL or just IR
Hi All,
Here is an interesting opinion of several private pilots and instructors I have stumbled upon recently:
I was enquiring about adding IR to the basic PPL. The recommendation was to go for ATPL theory, instead of doing just IR theory. The guys I was talking to (all non-airline pilots) were saying that IR theory alone is a somewhat artificially limited part and that it is worth going for the full-blown ATPL theory straight away, even if one is only planning to fly private in the future. There was also a mention of 'do the real theory study...' - meaning ATPL.
When the discussion was turning to actual flying - only IR has been deemed worthwhile, and CPL only needed for commercial use (fair enough) and definitely no Multi-engine - labeled as 'complete waste of money'.
Now I wonder what this community would think of this whole approach?