PPL Licence privilages

[pilot in command]

I need to do a long brief on the PPL Licence Privileges and I've came to a grinding halt!

I need to come up with a way of making this talk interesting. Obviously a slide showing the privileges is not going to do that.

What sort of things do people think I should include?

Any suggestions and thoughts welcome.
Thanks

[airpolice]

Since you asked...........

Here's a thought.

In the case of preparing a document to be read by anyone that you want to impress, try to work on your writing skills as well as knowing your subject matter.

and I've came to a grinding halt!

You used "I've" and that being a contraction of "I have" which is past tense, should not be followed by came which is also past tense.

Using "I came", "I've come" or "I'm now at" would be less inclined to have some of your audience (the educated section) thinking that you're a plonker.

[worrab]

Who are your audience? How long is the brief? What's your background? What's the medium? What's the purpose? etc etc Once you have these things fixed, there's a good chance your question will be redundant.

[charliegolf]

When, in another life, I had to learn the rules of football, the Offside Rule came up! The tutor approached the topic backwards, and I have always remembered it. He simply said, a player is always offside, UNLESS... He then outlined all the ways that you remain onside. Eg, receiving the ball from a corner; being in your own half etc.

Could you approach it in a similar way?

CG

[glendalegoon]

Oh this is so easy.

Show a picture of a dork. Lonely , unhappy, longing for company.

Show a picture of a suave, james bond type. With lots of babes in bikinis next to him.

IN THE BACKGROUND, YOU SHOW A VERY NICE GENERAL AVIATION AIRPLANE ( I think a piper saratoga, maybe with the rear seats removed and a mattress in place).

Having a PPL means you can fly a plane and impress the girls.

Not having a PPL means you can't fly a plane and are a dork.

There you go. SEX. It sells.

NOW I realize the ppl in europe is a bit more restrictive than in the USA. But in reality, all a PPL does is let you continue learning how to fly better.

[DeeCee]

Airpolice

Airpolice;

The next bottle is nicely cooled. Need I say more? Other than that you are not the 'English' police obviously.

[DeltaV]

Since you mention the word 'slide' I assume you will be making a PowerPoint presentation, the strongest non-chemical narcotic in existence. So without saying anything about content this is my recommendation for keeping the audience awake:

• DO NOT have slides of bullet points which you both show AND read out to your audience three times more slowly than can be read from the screen or they won't be an audience for long.
• DO be knowledgeable about the subject and talk about it, don't just read from a prepared script, although a handful of discussion points and topic reminders for yourself is no bad thing.
• DO have slides which illustrate, even loosely, points or aspect you're speaking about, and...
• DO keep them going through in a fairly brisk manner. (you can always return to one that someone wants to talk about).

I've endured lots of PP presentations and only one was worth the effort of staying awake and engaged.

[worldpilot]

Lots of skewed narratives.

You would certainly capture your audience attention if you focus on addressing their interest and delivering on their expectations.

If you don't understand the ramifications, don't stress yourself. However though, if you visit the CAA website and that of AOPA you should be able to gather enough information to enable you address issues associated with PPL privileges.

Good luck

WP

[mad_jock]

It sounds like he needs to do a long brief for a flight instructors course.

As stated you can start with lets go flying then go through what you can't do.

This will allow you to expand and contract the briefing to allow for the time scale. So you just go into more or less detail on the sub headings as required.

eg Sub headings, WX, PAX, payment, etc etc.

[Gertrude the Wombat]

DO NOT have slides of bullet points which you both show AND read out to your audience three times more slowly than can be read from the screen or they won't be an audience for long

I aim at saying absolutely nothing that can be read from the screen - I stick up a slide and talk about the topic without, so far as is possible, using any of the words on the screen.

[Heston]

Don't use Powerpoint. Use a flip chart or white board.

[Pirke]

There you go. SEX. It sells.

[pilot in command]

Thanks to all the serious responses.

Does anyone have any good example to use for PPL privileges. Ie, things hat we can do but might no think off.

[xrayalpha]

Fly a weightshift Microlight with no further training!

[PA28181]

things hat we can do but might no think off.

Are you serious about this presentation?

[Rabbs]

Depends on your Audience - but as a rule of thumb humour along with seriousness, pictures and bulletpoints works, break your presentation into chunks which should have different flows - some pictures or cartoons.

watch this:


Has stuck in my mind as the best presentation of a pretty mundane subject

[Jude098]

"Having a PPL means you can fly a plane and impress the girls"

I've got a PPL and I don't want to impress the girls, lol. I want to impress the boys