EASA Flight Instructor Market

[rarelyathome]

Originally Posted by Gee5

Great to see so many people have faith in the instructor role. That is exactly the route I want to go down FI/CRI and not interested in the airlines. Currently hour building post PPL and learning a few extra thing like complex type and tail wheel along the way. I really don't need to do the ATPL writtens, just the CPL exams.

Does any ATO in the UK provide the CPL theory course, preferably distance learning? (There are posts on pprune about this but all quite historic so looking for some up to date info) Bristol only do ATPL and CATS only CPL(H) I think.

All the ones I can find are ATPL courses and I really don’t need to know the number of fire extinguishers required for a 737! I just want to teach both up in the air and on the ground.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Even doing the CPL theory you will need to know the number of fire extinguishers on a 737 and the number of fire axes! If you are relatively young, do the ATPL - it’s not that much more effort and will give you far more options if the realities of instructing make you think again in a few years. It’s also handier to have the ATPL theory if you want to get your IR.

[rudestuff]

The CPL isn't actually any easier than the ATPL - because the is so much more support for ATPL training, and virtually none for CPL.

[Gee5]

Rude stuff & rarelyathome -

Thanks for the advice and info. Am gonna sign up to the Bristol course run through Bartolini.

[rarelyathome]

Originally Posted by Gee5

Rude stuff & rarelyathome -

Thanks for the advice and info. Am gonna sign up to the Bristol course run through Bartolini.

Best of luck. It can be a grind but try to enjoy the experience 😳