Instructors-be Wary Of Sleap
All PPL instructors should be aware of a potential problem for students at Sleap, especially those on their Qualifying Cross Country. The joining procedure is a centre line join because of Shawbury helicopter traffic in the vicinity. However, this procedure is not published in the AIP (or anywhere else I can find). A student recently had a situation where the airfield administrator refused to sign the certificate because the student did a standard overhead join. He also said that the student had not obtained PPR. He had in fact called the airfield by phone before setting off and obtained runway and QNH information, but had not spoken to the airfield administrator himself. So in short, if you want your students to complete the QXC satisfactorily, don't send them to Sleap!