By the way how many of you can plan and fly a VFR cross country in India ?( are there even VFR charts published )
Please excuse my knowledge for the above question as i havent flown in India
vfr charts are available for the whole of india and are very much accurate. they are called onc charts available at the bombay and delhi bookstores...were for 500 rupees about 5 years back. its one huge chart for the whole of india.
The flying part is no joke either . They make you fly the cross country as planned and expect you to stick to very strict standards with respect to assigned altitude , airspeed and heading . They test everything from engine failures to partial panel to short field landing .
everything is done here too...
single engine approaches ( on a multi engine aircraft )
How many of you have even flown a GPS or WAAS approach ?
single engine approaches on multi engine aircraft are not allowed in the aircraft itself as per dgca. it is carried out in the simulator. which is a 6 axis level d simulator.
gps approaches again are not allowed in india as per dgca. however rnp approaches should start within next 3-4 months at VOCI.
In India none of the flying schools or clubs will trust you to fly a multi enigne plane solo (meaning sole living being on board ) even though you were trained by them.
igrua has king air c-90a which as per aircraft manufacturer can be flown with a single pilot however as per dgca regulations king air to be flown with 2 pilots minimum.