Bartolini Air Flight School
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From: 2500ft
Yeah.You have to apply for a training permission and they do have a different waiting list for NON-EU applicants.And there are only a limited space for NON-EU applicants.Even for ATPLs you have to wait in a waiting list.That was how I was told by them.
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From: six micro tesla zone
How long is it from there to the airport? I’ve had a look at salsa depot website, but they dont seem to have a lot of availability.
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From: Portugal
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From: Amantido
You should try to give them a call and tell the manager you're going to attend Bartolini Air. She is usually very accommodating and a stay of at least 3 months might work.
There are two other dorms:
-BaseCamp Lodz. It is further away but still in the center and if you like pizza then it's very close to the best and true Italian pizza in town. Personally for me that would have been a bonus!
-The dorm of Politechniki, a local polytechnic, but it seems they like to ask their guests to find another place to sleep for a few days when they host conventions,
And you can probably find some good AirBnB offers.
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From: London
British. So... I guess, not EU by then? What a farce lol. But yes, that was the email I got. I asked for Summer 2020 and I got October as a reply.
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From: Portugal
When I first went there I did not have any issues. I think they have slightly changed their policy recently. They are full of Erasmus students and prefer their guests to book a room at least for a semester or something like that. It worked fine for me as I was staying in Poland for a long time.
You should try to give them a call and tell the manager you're going to attend Bartolini Air. She is usually very accommodating and a stay of at least 3 months might work.
There are two other dorms:
-BaseCamp Lodz. It is further away but still in the center and if you like pizza then it's very close to the best and true Italian pizza in town. Personally for me that would have been a bonus!
-The dorm of Politechniki, a local polytechnic, but it seems they like to ask their guests to find another place to sleep for a few days when they host conventions,
And you can probably find some good AirBnB offers.
You should try to give them a call and tell the manager you're going to attend Bartolini Air. She is usually very accommodating and a stay of at least 3 months might work.
There are two other dorms:
-BaseCamp Lodz. It is further away but still in the center and if you like pizza then it's very close to the best and true Italian pizza in town. Personally for me that would have been a bonus!
-The dorm of Politechniki, a local polytechnic, but it seems they like to ask their guests to find another place to sleep for a few days when they host conventions,
And you can probably find some good AirBnB offers.
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From: From UK
They told me that it would be three months as a best case scenario, but I should plan/ expect it to take longer due to weather, availability etc.
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From: Milan
Hi comeflywithb
No, everything is kept at minimum in order to keep the costs low (as most of these kind of schools), but with the bristol platform you get most of your job done on there. Still there are some airline pilots working there part-time who will be more than happy to answer your questions and give you suggestions, but no extra ground training provided for the atpl theory.
When I did my class at Bartolini last year, all instructors were pilots/maintenance engineers from majour airlines or anyway with a solid background.
Not like that anymore unfortunately, when I was there for my cpl-ir-mep the classes were kept by cpl instructors, who are really nice guys but with limited experience (basically ex bartolini students who did ther FI rating).
Good luck!
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From: czechia
Hi,
I have ME+CPL+IR slot in June intake.
I want to postpone my training for one or two months due to ATPL ........
Is there anybody who wants to start earlier and swap the slots?
I have ME+CPL+IR slot in June intake.
I want to postpone my training for one or two months due to ATPL ........
Is there anybody who wants to start earlier and swap the slots?
Last edited by flyhigh881; 18th February 2019 at 14:17.
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From: Manchester
Hi comeflywithb
No, everything is kept at minimum in order to keep the costs low (as most of these kind of schools), but with the bristol platform you get most of your job done on there. Still there are some airline pilots working there part-time who will be more than happy to answer your questions and give you suggestions, but no extra ground training provided for the atpl theory.
When I did my class at Bartolini last year, all instructors were pilots/maintenance engineers from majour airlines or anyway with a solid background.
Not like that anymore unfortunately, when I was there for my cpl-ir-mep the classes were kept by cpl instructors, who are really nice guys but with limited experience (basically ex bartolini students who did ther FI rating).
Good luck!
No, everything is kept at minimum in order to keep the costs low (as most of these kind of schools), but with the bristol platform you get most of your job done on there. Still there are some airline pilots working there part-time who will be more than happy to answer your questions and give you suggestions, but no extra ground training provided for the atpl theory.
When I did my class at Bartolini last year, all instructors were pilots/maintenance engineers from majour airlines or anyway with a solid background.
Not like that anymore unfortunately, when I was there for my cpl-ir-mep the classes were kept by cpl instructors, who are really nice guys but with limited experience (basically ex bartolini students who did ther FI rating).
Good luck!
Hi, thanks for that!
Im just hoping they continue with the quality and don’t become another sausage factory!
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From: EGPF
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From: London
Hi.
Just out of interest, when did you enquire about this June 2020 position?? I asked about summer 2020 availability back in January and they said that there was no availability until October 2020. is it worth asking them again?
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From: Dublin
Hi Jay, I only enquired last week, paid today!! I also have a friend who managed to secure a place for June 2020, he booked 3 weeks ago. I'd imagine what's happening is some students don't hit their targets for the ATPL's and have to postpone their arrival. I know the space I took was the last one available, that's not to say another will not become available in the next few weeks or months. If I was you I would try to see if they are prepared to put you on a waiting list for June?
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From: London
Nice stuff! I asked them to be put on a waiting list 'if they did have one' back in Jan. To be honest, I am banging my head on the table a bit because i'm practically willing to pay serious money down so surely from their business end, they'd be interested in getting as many people onto waiting lists as possible, but what do I know eh? Same thing with DFA in Sweden. I sent a follow-up email to Piotr last night asking for a June/July 2020 slot, if yes, great, if not, I'll ask again to be put on a waiting list. Summer 2020 is far away, I'm hoping when I asked the first time they didn't accidentally think 2019...
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