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Old 4th Aug 2012, 07:57
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keith williams
 
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After all, the exams take about an hour each, so you can have them all done in a single day. Or spread over a few days, in the breaks in between the flights. Or wait for the inevitable rainy day. Even on a three week intensive course there is enough downtime to sit all seven exams.
If the students really are to be required to carry out 100 hours classroom study during this "three week intensive course" they will be hard pushed to do the flying!

It is quite clear that this new 100 hour study requirement has been generated by a group of "enthusiasts" who have failed to consider how it will compare with the ATPL requirements.

The eventual outcome will be one of the following:

1. The "enthusiasts" will win the day and PPL students will be required to do more classroom time than the ATPL students.

Or

2. It wil be treated in the same manner as the ATPL requirements and the classroom time will involve little more than doing a practice exam before taking each real exam.

Neither of these outcomes will do much to imporove the quality of PPL holders, but both will provide an excellent opportunity for the schools to squeeze more cash out of their cash cows.....er customers.
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