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Old 25th Feb 2015, 07:39
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leedsample
 
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yeah cheers mate, understand totally.

well i passed my medical yesterday, which for me was my biggest worry due to what happened in Afghanistan 3 years ago. So ive decided this is defiantly what i want to do.

now the question remains.

do i apply for OAA/CTC or FTE and part with 100k cash and at least have a bit of top cover (military term for overwatch or support) post graduation. providing i even get a place.

Or do i go to Florida and complete a 5 week EASA PPL+night rating (spoke to uk PPL providers in my area and they said even if i just go for it and get lucky with weather it could still take 3-6 months to complete). then come home and study for ATPL exams until march 2016 and do some hours on the side before doing a dirty dash back to the states to get to the required hours before i turn up to BCFT or multiflight or FTE jerez for the CPL, ME, IR then onto MCC/JOC etc and save myself 50k in cash to play with to go it alone?

the great debate forever continuing......
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