FIC Course: Where's best?
 

Finished Cap.509 Frozen ATPL a few months back and thinking about an FIC course. Would appreciate your views on where to do it, especially with a view to getting an instructor job afterwards. I'm West London based but willing to travel anywhere if necessary.

Cheers

Motorhead

TG Aviation, Manston, 01843 823656

If you can find a place on an FIC course book it the JAA regs are killing them off due to lack of interest.

If you want the best, and your prepaired to travel.

Steve Marples (Newcastle)
The best in the buisness!!

Try C&S Aviation at Wolverhampton both Chris Caine & Nick Davis are FI instructors.

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Pull back - Pigs get smaller
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Nick Davis has now left C+S and works for Halfpenny Green Flight centre. Most of these courses are very poor and don't really prepare you well for the real world. Get the rating and choose a school thats interested in your development as an instructor.

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Thanks for the input, some good stuff to follow up here. Still toying with the idea of spending the cash on a type rating

Cabair (I'm ex 509er there)quote 5400 quid after NVQ rising to about 7400 after 31st August when NVQ finishes. Ouch!

motorhead

How about sunny Florida?

There is this great school I went to in Melbourne which does AFIC, CPL and IR.

For details call 0467 390271 and ask for Greg

Motorhead try life outside cabair you will find it is good.

If you live in west london then try Gordon sharp at West London Aero Club 01628 823272 his courses seem quite good from what I have heard.

I wouldn't try the previously mentioned place in Melbourne Fl as someone else suggested..It is a place called International flight training and from what I have experienced the place was awful!!

I tried C+S and had a poor experience. I understand that a court case is going through at the moment against them by another unhappy student.

Well, there are quite a few still offering FIC (my lot included). The JAR system means that you need to go for all the approvals in one, really (MODCPL, FIC, MEP, etc). It is hard work getting 'em now!

I'm not pushing us - I'd welcome anybody else's experience and thoughts, just to help us be better.

Richard

Old Sarum seems to have a good reputation with very skilled instruction from David Scouller CFI

I agree with Pigsy.

Very competent and professional instruction from Groupie(aka David Schouller) at Old Sarum. If you can cope with military style precision that he portrays and expects, you learn huge amounts. You also do your course on a taildragger. Great experience and very useful when you want an instructors job.

Useful tips for completing the course with David:

Be on time for a 09:00 start
Expect to be called Mugsy forever.
No slacking or you'll be reported as a deputy cretin for a court martial.
And finally,

Oh Hi!!

Just a question, in Australia it seemed to be the case that you do an instructor rating with a school that is willing to give you a job afterwards, cause any other school wouldn't consider employing you if you were trained by somebody else. Is it the same in Europe ?

David Coulson has left Bonus Aviation and now has his own school for the above.
01234 752272

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I'd thoroughly recommend David Scouller at Old Sarum (01722-322525).