Civvy Pilots at AEF's?
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PS. You still fly over my garden.....to whom should I direct my complaints??
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I think it was a good idea to relax the QSP and hour requirements for AEF flying. If the holding officer has the required flying skills then its a great PR tool for the cadets to see a young pilot flying them.
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but any shag with a PPL can fly the same cadet in a Grob motor glider
The 'shags' you refer to who fly air cadets in the Air Cadet motor gliders are pilots qualified in accordance with the appropriate military regulations, administered and standardised by Air Cadet Central Gliding School and CFS.
Not all PPLs make the grade in the Air Cadet Organisation for the award of the appropriate qualification.
London Mil, didn't you qualify?
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Ah! As suspected. I guess they must also be RAFVR(T)?
It would be interesting to hear how GUAS/4 AEF managed to get dispensation to train these guys up when the feeling on the thread is that the criteria remains QSP/ex QSP and "winged" holding officers all the way.
I guess they must be pretty experienced CPL/ATPL holders with an FI rating to have even been considered?
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Ah! As suspected. I guess they must also be RAFVR(T)?
It would be interesting to hear how GUAS/4 AEF managed to get dispensation to train these guys up when the feeling on the thread is that the criteria remains QSP/ex QSP and "winged" holding officers all the way.
I guess they must be pretty experienced CPL/ATPL holders with an FI rating to have even been considered?
Feel free to PM if you would rather continue the discussion in private!
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They haven't relaxed the QSP bit. Only holding officers who have been awarded their wings are eligible to "hold" on a UAS and fly cadets. Those who have just finished EFT (on the Tutor) are not eligible to fly cadets as they do not have their wings.
I think it was a good idea to relax the QSP and hour requirements for AEF flying