Pilot Training College, Waterford, Ireland
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Well captain planet.......if u would have excused my grammer, what i ment was.."IS THERE ANYONE DOING IT WHO COULD GIVE ME SOME INFORMATION ABOUT IT"
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DK -> the Irish Aviation Authority... And also btw the main 0 hours to ATPLf course has been going only 16 months or there abouts.
I know PTC a "bit" better than you and I know the courses they CAN run and those they CANNOT. The Airline Program is well known (BTW, it's called fATPL, not ATPLf...
) but my doubts are towards the so-called Career-FI program and the almost-all-twintime CPL which has not lifted of the ground yet. The only thing that lifted of seems to be the bill.Keep me updated if you wish but I think I am watching things closer than you.
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Soooo basically PTC stinks to the high heavens, and there are cheaper options then?
If I'm Irish, and want to keep ties with the family (I.E. be within driving distance from them) what are my alternatives?
If I'm Irish, and want to keep ties with the family (I.E. be within driving distance from them) what are my alternatives?
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Soooo basically PTC stinks to the high heavens
No, from my experience, it certainly does not stink to the high heavens.
I really don't want to get into the argument of why or why not but simply to give my two cents that they are not as bad as people are making out. Its very easy to give out about something the whole time, I would just like to stick my hand up and say I'm standing on the other side of the fence.
Also, there seems to be a whole lot of attitude on this discussion. As someone else mentioned, can't we all play nicely!!!!
Also;
PTC is a joke , they are just a highly traind team of sales people
almost-all-twintime CPL which has not lifted of the ground yet
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I've just seen a poster on another forum describe how one of the speakers at the PTC stand at the Dublin FAS exhibition stated...
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Now I'm not trying to be controversial and don't doubt that any flying job is fantastic to have but......
Have they got something of a special relationship going on with RYR that would bring about such a comment?
FR are better to work for than EI. She said most ppl go to EI for the Transcontinental flights
Now I'm not trying to be controversial and don't doubt that any flying job is fantastic to have but......
Have they got something of a special relationship going on with RYR that would bring about such a comment?
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Instructors at PTC are second to none! Experienced, enthusiastic, they love flying, and very easy to get on with. People may have their grievances with finance and sales pitch (invalid if it maybe?) etc. but the instructors at PTC are solid.
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Have to agree with Capt Planet. The instructors that are in PTC are excellant. I've had numerous instructors throughout my modular training in Europe and the States and can't fault any of the advice i was given while in PTC. Received 1st time passes in all my flight tests. To me the results alone speak for themselves.
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PTC claim to have a 98% sucess rate in placing pilots within the first 2 months. this seems rather high and i have been tokd the market is flooded with first officers at the moment.
Are these claims true????
Are these claims true????
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what do you think?
Any claim like that in this business never has a backbone to it! Research carefully where you would like to train but do not let people with no experience of an fto put you off. Happy researching!
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The Pilot Training College Of Ireland/america/bristol
Ive learned from a very reliable source that PILOT TRAINING COLLEGE OF IRELAND in waterford send u over to do your ppl and when u come back u are in possession of an faa(NOT A JAR/JAA) ppl licence and also a radio licence that is not valid in jaa/jar land(so technically if this is true which ive been assured by quite a few qualified pilots that it is) these students are flying illegally when they are doing there cpls and instrument ratings lol! ---------and lets face it there is guys converting faa instrument ratings and faa cpls to jar/jaa instrument ratings and jar/jaa cpls(because to work for a european airline operating in europe they will laugh at you with your faa licences!) in the flight school i am in(uk) at the moment these guys are way off the standard required and cant believe how much of a higher standard is required to get a jar licence as a pose to an faa one be it cpl or intrument rating
Also met a guy yesterday who got charged an absolute fortune for a night rating in ptc (was quoted one price and ended up paying 3 times as much ---FACT
be aware
Also met a guy yesterday who got charged an absolute fortune for a night rating in ptc (was quoted one price and ended up paying 3 times as much ---FACT
be aware
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You can train in Ireland on a faa ticket for a JAA licence/rating . Its part of the conversion course and has been around along time now. Many ex PTC students like myslef converted and are flying safely these days. What you cant do legally is go solo but that shouldnt be neccessary. PTC being the wise business people they are are saving themselves alot of dosh in this method as the FAA certs are much cheaper.
One thing I can say in favour of the FAA ground school is that it maybe simpler and more straight forward but the is evey bit as good and much more practical. The JAA flight test however is much tougher in. IMO
One thing I can say in favour of the FAA ground school is that it maybe simpler and more straight forward but the is evey bit as good and much more practical. The JAA flight test however is much tougher in. IMO
Hi there
I was in touch with them about doing the FI and they wanted me to go to EFT in Florida and then come back to them to work off the hours to de-restrict the FI.Noooooooooo thank you! EFT can't deal with what they've got, not to mind anyone else's students.
regards
TDD
I was in touch with them about doing the FI and they wanted me to go to EFT in Florida and then come back to them to work off the hours to de-restrict the FI.Noooooooooo thank you! EFT can't deal with what they've got, not to mind anyone else's students.
regards
TDD