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Old 1st Mar 2002, 00:07
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Joaquín
 
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Perhaps new for most of you here.

There is now a JAR requirement to get a rating for Agricultural and Fire Fighting Flying.

At the moment only 2 schools offer this rating in Spain (and I believe, in Europe) - both in Cordoba. The course consists of 150 hours of theoretical subjects and 23 hours of training in an agricultural plane adapted and certified for two pilots.

I am about to finish the first promotion in Spain, doing the flying in a Pawnee PA 25 and I'm enjoying every minute of it <img src="wink.gif" border="0">

Unfortunately, we are at the beginning of a dry period which will last for about 3 more years, so the prospects of jobs are dim (as everywhere else <img src="rolleyes.gif" border="0"> ).
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