The question asked was simply "Can he fly?". so, with a PPL he, obviously, can fly.

However, "How well?" is another question (which was not asked!):ok:

Groundloop ....:ok:
I only answered the question as to whether he can fly or not! I ALSO specifically said that "I don't know how good he is"....so - at least I thought - accounting for the hours meaning diddly!

I'll get me coat.........:O

PP

Thought OAA had a limit on PPL hours, 60 i believe?

TBH, I'm not sure on the exact terms, as that part never affected me. I know that no hours count towards the course and that when you get to the 100 ish mark they suggest that modular might be more appropriate, but as far as I'm aware, there is no upper limit - although I'm quite possibly wrong on that. I do know a couple of people on our course have >100 hours though...

Interesting,

That is very rare, your example is only one out of a class of 18/24 of which there is a class every 3/4 weeks.

Yes he may be an exceptional candidate, but having a PPL means very little, the standard of flying required in the CPL and IR is so much higher and having 100 hours is by no means an advantage, It may be the opposite as bad habits may have to be stamped out.

Im interested to see how this student fairs in goodyear.

What course are you guys?
Nick

no hours limits, but having 100 hours then going on an integrated course for 60 grand seems a little excessive unless the 100 hours were gained without debt?

I had 65 hours on starting OAA

Remember BA are not only interested in flying ability or whether you get 99% in all your exams. They are also looking for people who have the potential to be good managers so if you haven't got the potential to do that then you ain't going anywhere with them!
BA don't necessarily need all the 'cream'!

Nick - we are on 278

ah interesting,

you will be coming out soon then.

FlyBe Scheme, knew i'd seen it somewhere!:p
Doesn't look like it applies to AppFO or even netjets.

Seems odd to me, but i suppose whatever FlyBe (the customer) wants, they get.

Paz

As long as todays Ops doesn't sour the deal - it was pretty damn tough!

Mr Horgey,

The airlines get their pick before training, the graduates that are not preselected are going to ryanair.

nick

UAS most likely...

Not suggesting for a minute that the above is related but wasn't there some controversy recently about a 'database' being discovered & the expulsion of a couple of students/candidates for cheating?

As I understand it, a set of most (if not all) the school finals papers were doing the rounds until an honest chap took a disc to the CGI. The school finals papers at OAA are very different to the JAA's (so that we cannot rely on Bristol) so that fact - in addition to my knowing the 100%'er myself - means there is no way I believe he or anyone else on my course would have used this disc.

As a consequence, we were unable to make any notes in our school finals debrief and in some subjects we were not even given the paper during the debrief to go through. Bummer really. I imagine it had been done with camera phones as we not able to have our phones near us etc.

Also 'who wants to be a millionaire' style coughing shenanigans were discovered recently - the students were expelled i think ....

There was, but I can assure you the two are unrelated - those guys were on a different course. The guys who got caught cheating got the kicking they deserve. The guy I'm talking about has no need to cheat....put it this way, I've NEVER heard of anyone else who's bachelors degree was passed with such a high average, so his performance to date is clearly not unusual....

Nick, are you saying that OAA self-sponsored students get a job before they finish their training and that all those who don't go to Ryanair?

I have researched a lot of information about OAA and have never found anything that said this. Can you explain it please.

no not at all,

the people who apply to the airline schemes have a job before training.

Im assuming that people who apply to the schemes and are unsuccessful continue on to become pilots.

With that in mind, the cream will have already been selected, the rest will apply for jobs as normal, of which yes a high percentage have gone to ryanair recently due to their demand of late.

Hope that makes sense