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Old 23rd January 2013 | 15:53
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Linktrained
 
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DO PAY TO FLY

Someone somewhere has paid a lot to get that ATPL. I do not know just how little flying is now required to keep a licence VALID.

I was able to find a Dart Kitten on hire to me for £1/10 per hour just to retain my ( then) Commercial Pilots Licence. I had to do six hours and six T/Os and landings. It was a single seater, so no check ride. A three hour cross-country before my first landing on type. It had been noisy and windy but so much cheaper than a complete retake of everything.

(My initial test had been from Gatwick, based in the Beehive pre-war Terminal Building with PSP around for parking, and IIRC the R/W was just grass. The night flying cross country HAD to be from Croydon as it had LIGHTS !)
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