Instructing? Can it be done? In UK
I would like to teach my daughters to fly, in my own aircraft. It is on LAA/PFA Permit. I assume for her to be able to log P u/t, I would need to complete an instructors course. I would like to get the qualification but if LAA type not approved waste of money. Also could I instruct from any airfield? How old before she can log flying (14?) solo ?, exams etc etc ? Any guidance or past experience gratefully received. ATPL A / H (IR) (in the UK)
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You will need to register as an RTF and operate from an appropriate airfield.
You will need an unrestricted FI(A) which will require you to supervised for as I recall 100hrs and 25 solo send offs. Which will mean you having to either find another Instructor who is unrestricted to supervise you teaching or work through another school in order to get the restriction removed. You will need to a ground examiner or find a ground examiner in order to conduct the exams. She needs to be 14 to learn to fly, 16 for solo and 17 for licence issue. She needs to co own the LAA aircraft with you. |
App 1 to JAR-FCL 1.125
Training conducted on aeroplanes having a certificate of airworthiness issued or accepted by a JAA Member State will enable an applicant to obtain a single-engine piston class rating for licence issue. AIC W001/2011 covers FLYING TRAINING AND FLYING TESTS IN PRIVATE AIRCRAFT In Annex A it States: A Training must not be towards the grant of a licence or a rating in a licence. |
Ah, my mistake I had thought that with 50/50 ownership that the ab initio training could be done.
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A sole owner of a permit aeroplane can be taught to fly on it.
Historically, CAA has accepted that members of the same immediate family qualify as "sole owner" for the purpose. This certainly exists in some BMAA documents for Permit to Fly aeroplanes, and that precedent alone - which has been there for at-least a dozen years, should solve the problem with regard - because it's your daughters you want to teach.
Originally Posted by BMAA Technical Information leaflet No. 021
TADS beginning “BM” are for Type Approved microlights, which may be used for commercial flying training, as is TADS A-13 (for the Bantam B-22S). TADS beginning BMO are for Type Accepted microlights, and may not be used for flying training, other than of the sole owner or members of their close family. Where there is no issue number for a TADS, this means that the TADS is still in draft and the aircraft may not yet have been considered fit for issue of a permit to fly. HADS apply to BMAA homebuilt microlights, to which the same permissions apply as for type accepted microlights.
This manual is not intended to teach you to fly the aircraft, or to build it. Learning to fly should be accomplished under the supervision of a light aircraft or microlight flying instructor experienced on the type. At time of writing a flying instructor can only receive renumeration for flying instruction using an amateur built aircraft when teaching the sole owner (includes spouse and immediate family members) for the grant of a licence to fly. I'd not ask any confirmatory question directly of CAA - if anybody needs to ask it, let LAA or BMAA do that, who are good at phrasing the question in exactly the right way (and have the authority to decide whether they need to ask the question at-all, or not). G |
It was that which I was alluding to in my original reply but Whoppitys stout response made me think I was wrong. However I have spoken to the LAA this afternoon and they have confirmed that should a father and daughter own a permit aircraft between them then the daughter can indeed do her ab initio training on it.
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Just occasionally, common sense prevails in air law! It's nice when it does.
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Thank you for all your replies. The cub will be busy.
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I asked the CAA for a policy statement about this last November and received the following reply (my bold text for emphasis):
As you have identified, if a person pays for training in their own aircraft and the only payment they make in relation to the flight is to the instructor for his services, the flight will normally be considered to be private (rather than aerial work). This means that a Permit to Fly aircraft could be used. It is not clear to us why JAR-FCL explicitly states that training must be carried out in an aircraft holding a Certificate of Airworthiness. However, we believe that the intention was in fact to allow the training to take place in any aircraft, including one operating under a Permit to Fly. We will accept training in a Permit to Fly aircraft as credit towards an application for a PPL(A). One additional key factor to consider is that the training organisation must be satisfied that the aircraft they are using for training are appropriate. They must also declare the aircraft types to the CAA. This should ensure that aircraft which are inappropriate for training in (perhaps because they possess certain handling qualities) are not used for 'ab-initio' PPL training. |
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