Ah, thanks SC! I think I need to get a more up-to-date book!
This is not in fact much saving for an ab initio after travel costs have been taken into account
No, that may be true. But for someone in my position, knowing this could be a big help. I'm unlikely to be able to get enough time off work to be able to do a 50-hour IR course in one go.
However, I wonder if it would be possible to do the following:
- IMC, flying at the weekend over a couple of months
- FAA IR. I believe that any instrument instruction time can count towards the required 40 hours. So, with my IMC instruction and test, plus the instrument time I did on my PPL course, I'd only need about 25 hours to get a FAA IR, which I can do easilly with a 3-week hoiday from work
- Convert to a JAR IR in 15 hours, which I could do with a 2-week holiday from work
The total time and cost would be greater, but I'm not worried about that. The chances of me getting the ratings I need without loosing my current job would be better, and that's more important to me...
(* Runs off to a corner to think this one through..... *)
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