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Well Genghis there are generally two ways people go about allowances.
If for example I decided I could afford to get a helicopter license. I would walk into a school have a look at it, then a trial flight and then start training. I wouldn't mention dispensations, in fact if the exams were free I would redo the ones in theory I didn't have to do. I most certainly wouldn't bank on having any reduction in flight hours. If we came to a point where they said I was ready for test but couldn't because we needed another 10 hours I would then mention dispensations.
You have another type that come in and tell the school and the instructor how many hours they will be doing and then they will do the test and see any more than the minimum as an attempt to defraud them.
Personally if I was the OP I would go find a school that had exams that were built into the "package", had a old fart old school of an instructor (maybe one of the schools that has a CFS contract) and then learn there. And then take it from there if they get a reduction in hours.
If you get a good instructor and you enjoy learning from them, additional hours won't be an issue because you will feel you are getting value for money. If you have a clueless numb nut of an instructor the whole thing won't be enjoyable and you will be starting off pissed off with the whole civi flying thing before you have even started.
When I am instructing I really don't care what the background of the student is or for that matter what method they use (you will also find that there are many many different ways to kill a cat with the exercises and each civi instructor has thier favorite method).
All I care about is that a safe competent pilot is handed over to an examinor to confirm I have done my job properly.
Actually isn't that TMG lot in the midlands that does the very cheap PPL by doing TMG NPPL then upgrading it to SEP? That might be worth looking into because then it gives you an additional class to go and play in which is significantly cheaper than SEP rates. Apart from which gliding is bloody good fun and is someways is more of an art than powered.
If for example I decided I could afford to get a helicopter license. I would walk into a school have a look at it, then a trial flight and then start training. I wouldn't mention dispensations, in fact if the exams were free I would redo the ones in theory I didn't have to do. I most certainly wouldn't bank on having any reduction in flight hours. If we came to a point where they said I was ready for test but couldn't because we needed another 10 hours I would then mention dispensations.
You have another type that come in and tell the school and the instructor how many hours they will be doing and then they will do the test and see any more than the minimum as an attempt to defraud them.
Personally if I was the OP I would go find a school that had exams that were built into the "package", had a old fart old school of an instructor (maybe one of the schools that has a CFS contract) and then learn there. And then take it from there if they get a reduction in hours.
If you get a good instructor and you enjoy learning from them, additional hours won't be an issue because you will feel you are getting value for money. If you have a clueless numb nut of an instructor the whole thing won't be enjoyable and you will be starting off pissed off with the whole civi flying thing before you have even started.
When I am instructing I really don't care what the background of the student is or for that matter what method they use (you will also find that there are many many different ways to kill a cat with the exercises and each civi instructor has thier favorite method).
All I care about is that a safe competent pilot is handed over to an examinor to confirm I have done my job properly.
Actually isn't that TMG lot in the midlands that does the very cheap PPL by doing TMG NPPL then upgrading it to SEP? That might be worth looking into because then it gives you an additional class to go and play in which is significantly cheaper than SEP rates. Apart from which gliding is bloody good fun and is someways is more of an art than powered.
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PFT: The MotorGlider Club | Pilot flight training and lessons
Found it. Don't know how close they are to you.
Found it. Don't know how close they are to you.
You obviously think that human factors is a waste of space, for lesser men perhaps. Those not worthy of the precious UAS maybe? But the introduction of it in aviation had had a beneficial effect on accident rates. Like it or not. And for me, someone taking up aviation training after 24 years away from it, and immediately looking for shortcuts has the wrong mind set to be taught anything.
