Originally Posted by
SoCal App
The original complaint appears to be that he did 15 circuits at Shoreham and got charged 130 quid for the privilege.
Followed by
Surely the moral here is to:
(a) check on what the fees might be before taking the plunge
and (b) don't compare the UK with where you did your initial PPL as it should hardly come as a surprise considering it was the reason for doing it in Florida in the first place!
Doesn't seem that 8.72 quid is that bad a fee for the services provided at Shoreham.
It doesn't seem that Shoreham actually did anything underhand if they publish the rate.
Maybe the Instructor might have advised better or recommended going a bit further afield to do the circuits.
On a side note - why was it felt necessary to have to do 15 approaches? Was the training for the PPL in Florida lacking in some manner that required it?
Lol, I most definitely did not do 15 circuits at Shoreham. Read my thread again matey, I'm sure it states that I was able to bang out 15 circuits in Florida during my PPL training without the worry of mounting costs.
I suppose in summary I was spoilt with my 8500ft (10R) runway and no extra charges at Fort Pierce St Lucie International....
I do have to say though that another frustration is the lack of night flying potential in the UK. In the US we could hop in the plane and fly the night skies of Florida, pretty much land where we liked (and had control over large airport lights with our PTT button), and really enjoy it. One night I bashed out 8 circuits at night, all very very good practise indeed and really helps to build up confidence and get those landings spot on.
For anyone who hasn't done it, it really is worth a 2 week holiday to Florida just to experience the freedom of US aviation.
http://www.fishe.co.uk Now that's a damn good deal!!