Commercial focus to hourbuilding: advice
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Commercial focus to hourbuilding: advice
Does anyone have any good books or other form of guidance on tailoring Hour Building towards the CPL and a career in Commercial Operations?
How have others gone about it? My current plan is to buy a share then sit down with my flight school/CFI and put together a programme. However this is rather dependant on the quality of the advice offered by the individual instructor.
Any helpful guidance?
How have others gone about it? My current plan is to buy a share then sit down with my flight school/CFI and put together a programme. However this is rather dependant on the quality of the advice offered by the individual instructor.
Any helpful guidance?
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Multi-engine IFR ideally. If you have only PPl and IMC then multi-engine. Failing that then do some cross country work and concentrate on your accuracy. Depends on your finances, licence and ratings etc.
If you can get a job instructing then that is probably a good route. Not too great a rush anyway as there aren't many jobs to be had.
If you can get a job instructing then that is probably a good route. Not too great a rush anyway as there aren't many jobs to be had.
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Buying a share is the way I did it - I was lucky to buy mine, do my 100 hours, then sell my share immediately after for what I paid for it - all in all the A/C worked out at about £60ish p.h wet 
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A few of the better FTO's have structured hours building - this basically is a "template" to follow and has a a few CPL test routes, some tricky airspace and nav routes.
The ME/IFR flying will cost a fortune - stick to SE VFR, and the key is good planning an accuracy. Try to make each flight as well planned as your PPL test, then when you get to CPL/IR it will simply be a logical progression instead of trying to remember how clock code works and asking where your garmin is :P.
.A few of the better FTO's have structured hours building - this basically is a "template" to follow and has a a few CPL test routes, some tricky airspace and nav routes.
The ME/IFR flying will cost a fortune - stick to SE VFR, and the key is good planning an accuracy. Try to make each flight as well planned as your PPL test, then when you get to CPL/IR it will simply be a logical progression instead of trying to remember how clock code works and asking where your garmin is :P.
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Another way of doing it would be to do a g1000 transition course and get to know the garmin inside out, then do your CPL/IR on a g1000 C172 and da42 twinstar, then you won't have to ask where your garmin is!!
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If it is of any use, I would suggest looking at the Standards Document 3, Applicant’s Guide to the CPL Skill Test from the CAA (available on their website - Civil Aviation Authority Home Page under Personnel Licensing, Flight Crew Licensing, Standards Documents). At the very back of this is a table of the tolerances within which you have to fly on your CPL Skills Test. Try to fly withing those tolerances during your hour building.
I'd also make sure i did weight and balance calcs on every flight and plan a nav ex each flight rather than just cruising around aimlessly. That will make your CPL a lot easier as it will have become second nature.
I'd also make sure i did weight and balance calcs on every flight and plan a nav ex each flight rather than just cruising around aimlessly. That will make your CPL a lot easier as it will have become second nature.
