yossarian78
22nd Dec 2011, 13:50
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Gent's,
The short story is, after unavoidably extending the ATPL's out to 18 months I've failed Gnav (passed the others) and will have to do all 14 all again should I want to continue. I am contacting the CAA to recheck it (for £26 :eek: what do I have to lose) but am not hopeful.
The thing is, now I have a wife and kids and a decent job, I'm not sure that I'd want to drop significant amounts of money working towards an increasingly elusive airline job. Things have moved on from when I started, both in terms of the industry and my personal circumstances.
I could spend another £3000+ redoing the exams for the chance of an airline job or, and this is the bit I'd like your help with, am I correct in thinking that come April, EASA will allow PPL's to instruct after completing the FI course?
If so, and I could get a school to take me, that would be ideal as I'd be able to get my flying fix at weekends instructing others which is the limit of my goals now that airlines are not what I want to do, tbh even if I'd passed all 14 I don't think I could cause the upheaval and hardship to my family going down the CPL/IR, fulltime FI route.
Anyway, the question is, is FI really an option without the ATPL box ticked?
Comments or thoughts welcome, especially from those who also had to resit some / all their exams and what they did in the end.
Gent's,
The short story is, after unavoidably extending the ATPL's out to 18 months I've failed Gnav (passed the others) and will have to do all 14 all again should I want to continue. I am contacting the CAA to recheck it (for £26 :eek: what do I have to lose) but am not hopeful.
The thing is, now I have a wife and kids and a decent job, I'm not sure that I'd want to drop significant amounts of money working towards an increasingly elusive airline job. Things have moved on from when I started, both in terms of the industry and my personal circumstances.
I could spend another £3000+ redoing the exams for the chance of an airline job or, and this is the bit I'd like your help with, am I correct in thinking that come April, EASA will allow PPL's to instruct after completing the FI course?
If so, and I could get a school to take me, that would be ideal as I'd be able to get my flying fix at weekends instructing others which is the limit of my goals now that airlines are not what I want to do, tbh even if I'd passed all 14 I don't think I could cause the upheaval and hardship to my family going down the CPL/IR, fulltime FI route.
Anyway, the question is, is FI really an option without the ATPL box ticked?
Comments or thoughts welcome, especially from those who also had to resit some / all their exams and what they did in the end.