Instructor Rating in Spain
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So are there any people who have done a foreign FIC and successfully got a job back in the UK?
Are there any employers who would be interested?
Most of my hours were flown in the UK, but I would consider going to Spain if I could save £2000 AND get a job back in the UK.
Are there any employers who would be interested?
Most of my hours were flown in the UK, but I would consider going to Spain if I could save £2000 AND get a job back in the UK.
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On the Aerofan website it says they do
. How can you use a simulator for the FIC and how can you do the entire course in 3 weeks as it says?
LEVC, I was under the impression that the groundschool is normally run simultaneously with the flying syllabus, since you need to be briefed and give a brief before each flight. I am surprised you can do the groundschool in 2 weeks then go and do the flying.
5 hours dual simulator instruction
LEVC, I was under the impression that the groundschool is normally run simultaneously with the flying syllabus, since you need to be briefed and give a brief before each flight. I am surprised you can do the groundschool in 2 weeks then go and do the flying.
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-Ground school was done before the flying, then you do briefings and debrieffings when flying. check JAR-FCL 1 does not say anything about how to organize the ground school time, it states a minimum to be covered though (125 hours if i remember well).
-JAR-FCL 1 also states the FIC has to be at least 30 hours of wich 5 can be simulator (remember that with JAR's PPL training has to include simulated IFR , 5 hours with reference to instruments, so i guess that is the reason why they allow the 5 hours in the sim).
-Yes i did get a job in the UK.
Now guys i don't want to enter in the discusion if the FIC is better in Spain or UK, i just give you some info based on my experience, so you can eventually save some money and/or time.
Paragon, if you want to discus about the quality of the courses in diferent JAA countries , then you look for somebody working in the CAA or something like this but not with me,
if what it bother's you is that some people have , and will save money because their decision was'nt biased by
any prejudice against whatever that is not from your own country, there is nothing that can be said in PPRUNE to help you out.
Good luck with it in any case
-JAR-FCL 1 also states the FIC has to be at least 30 hours of wich 5 can be simulator (remember that with JAR's PPL training has to include simulated IFR , 5 hours with reference to instruments, so i guess that is the reason why they allow the 5 hours in the sim).
-Yes i did get a job in the UK.
Now guys i don't want to enter in the discusion if the FIC is better in Spain or UK, i just give you some info based on my experience, so you can eventually save some money and/or time.
Paragon, if you want to discus about the quality of the courses in diferent JAA countries , then you look for somebody working in the CAA or something like this but not with me,
if what it bother's you is that some people have , and will save money because their decision was'nt biased by
any prejudice against whatever that is not from your own country, there is nothing that can be said in PPRUNE to help you out.
Good luck with it in any case
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LEVC, I fear you misread the tone of my post. I am trying to decide where to do my FIC and am simply interested in the course structure and what to expect. If people have good experiences of doing it in 3 weeks on anytype of aircraft then thats great and I want to hear about it. I assume any course is conducted according to the regulations so that is not my point. As for simulator use, since I have not heard of other schools using one I just wanted to know what it was used for on the FIC.
I probably could have phrased my last post better.
I probably could have phrased my last post better.
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Sorry if i sounded rude, i completely missunderstood you,
From my point of view if you trained in the UK it's ok to do it in Spain and save some money, as you are already familiar with flying in UK it wont be a problem adapting.
If you trained abroad then it may be a good idea to do it in UK.
In my case i did all my trainig in Sapin, but it was an english course in Airmed, did my FIC in Aerofan, and then landed a job as FI in UK, i needed some familiarization of the area but that was bsaically all.
Good luck and sorry again
From my point of view if you trained in the UK it's ok to do it in Spain and save some money, as you are already familiar with flying in UK it wont be a problem adapting.
If you trained abroad then it may be a good idea to do it in UK.
In my case i did all my trainig in Sapin, but it was an english course in Airmed, did my FIC in Aerofan, and then landed a job as FI in UK, i needed some familiarization of the area but that was bsaically all.
Good luck and sorry again
