The reason for some hours, which have now been reduced to 30 - 70 is a requirment of the Bristol Ground School. Clearly you must have some to undertake and reasonably understand the ATPL course.

Can I just try and explain the course situation a little more clearly?

We have had 5 ground school courses donated to the Pprune Fund by Bristol Ground school, in an effort both to help a few Wannabes now, and to give the fund a bit of a leg-up in its future plans to help more Wannabes more substantially. While the 20k-odd that IFR has raised is a major achievement, I'm sure you all understand that it wouldn't go far if we wanted to sponsor more people, So, we are hoping to use the free courses to generate a bit of income for the fund (so we can help more people) while effectively giving an interest-free loan to the successful applicants - which does not have to be paid back until you are in employment.

The points you raise about hours have been noted, and we are prepared to extend the bracket to accommodate more people; IFR will notify you of the new criteria shortly.

If there are other aspects of the scheme that put you off, please raise your questions here- we can't put your minds at rest if we don't know what you're thinking!

Please remember that the whole purpose of this scheme, and the fund generally, is to help Wannabes towards their licences. Nothing else.

Scroggs

sponsorship is not fair!! tener bet the winner is a middle class person with plenty of money-who doesnt need to have it free anyway, how about making it means tested, or go on your parents earning, whats they point in paying for someone if they can already afford it? I have foun GAPAN to be very elitis, and im not even going to bother applying

ikea

So you have just discovered life isn't fair, tough, join the club.

Maybe your post is a wind up but if anyone offers assistance to help you achieve your career and you are so rude as to complain about it then you don't deserve the help.

PPRuNe in this respect, has helped people in the past and hopefully will do in the future, with nothing to gain except just to assist wannabes get their first foot on the aviation ladder. The guys who organise this volunteer their valuable time and all you can do is kick them in the teeth. If I were them, I think I would throw in the towel at the rudeness of the likes of you. I just hope there are not too many of your sort out there.

Unless one is the offspring of extremely wealthy parents, there are probably not many people, irrespective of class, who can really afford the very expensive path to becoming an airline pilot.

Many wannabes and in fact I should imgine most of them, try and achieve their qualification without having to resort to borrowing from their parents. Please note the word 'borrow'

Is this why you are so bitter? No rich person to sponsor you?

I am glad you are not bothering to apply, that is your loss. Are you naive or just plain uncivil?

Enjoy selling furniture

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aa

whatever! i assure you the one who is picked will be middle class-someone who can afford to pay for it anyway. and yes-life is uunfair, hence im going to be self-sponsored! and sellign furniture is fun! shame i only do it 8hrs/week, the rest of my time is spent doing a degree at one of the UKs best Universities-so my days of selling flat packed furniture are numbered-but good luck to you all!!!!

ikea



Oh really! And would you mind telling me where you have collected that piece of information from please?

You should refer yourself to the original page to see what is required. Perhaps it might be that you cannot meet any of the requirements. But, it doesn't matter, you sell your pre-packed furniture but be sure to keep an eye on this thread when we select FIVE people to advance ONE step on the ladder. Where they come from, who gave birth to them is of no consequence. What we need is the motivation and drive to succeed.

InFinRetirement

I was just wondering if it would be possible for you to give us a bit of an update regarding the announcement of successful applicants and interview dates?

Regards,

James

Quite right! The current situation is that we now have 11 people who have taken advantage of the scheme, when we get one or two more we will start to process the candidates. That should be within the next month or so.

Once the first one is dealt with I think we will see a lot more interest - which, sadly, has not been as we would have expected.

No matter, we will strive to help the wannabes and I personally will continue to make the fund grow.

IFR aka PPP

The list, for the time being, is now closed on the current evaluation of 13 candidates.

In accordance with our plans we can accept further applications based upon the original page ONE of this thread. If you expect to offer yourself do PLEASE carefully read the page and digest the information for the next courses.

Thanks to those who applied. We will be in touch with all of you individually when we have made a final selection.

IFR

very helpful!!!

this gives me the perfect excuse to spend the money finishing my PPL even if i don't finish the competition.
thanks!!

What an exciting week!

In addition to the lucky 4 who will be selected for B757 training with Astraeus, we have now selected 8 students who will be interviewed on the 19th January as the final part of the process to allocate the BGS courses we are offering to those who want to step on the ladder towards an ATPL.

The response for these places was disappointing, with only 13 applying, but we managed to select some worthy students who will hopefully go forth into the ranks of the professional pilots.

The 8 being interviewed include reserves should any of the top five fail the GAPAN tests.

This will conclude the first offer. We will then lay plans to get another selection under way in the near future.

Good luck.


IFR