Well. I've got my head up my butt today so just to point out..
Taildragger is not an additional rating in the US (neither is high performance or complex), its an endorsement.
Multi or Sea
is an additional rating.
This is a common error to make, in the US with a single engine PPL, you can log PIC in a taildragger while training for your endorsement, even though you are not legal to fly it solo. You are
rated in the plane because it is "airplane single engine land", the same category and class as a C150/PA28.
You cannot do the same for your multi rating. You can only log PIC when you have passed the quizzes, until then you log dual and total time.
Re five hour conversion courses in the UK, go for it - but I don't think I'd ever sign you off as safe and competent after that few hours if you have just got your PPL with a few hours in a C150. Maybe that's because I'm a c^%p instructor, but probably more likely because it's not the sort of thing you can expect to pick up that quick (unless you are Chuck Yeager) if you want to do it properly
This is a common problem in the training industry. Why can people not give a realistic time for getting people safely to their ratings? I know that in the US the average is closer to 60 hours. That's 50% more than some clubs claim on their price lists for a 40 hour course.
[ 14 November 2001: Message edited by: slim_slag because I cannot get these damned UBB codes to work!!!!!!
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[ 14 November 2001: Message edited by: slim_slag ]