Thanks guys.

It seems like I may have issues with my school as a whole then rather than just problems with weather. I started my IR on 12th August and spent the first six weeks or so on the simulator but have been really held up when in the aeroplane (or at least trying to be). I looked at some of the UK based schools (PAT/Stapleford etc) before I started the IR but chose my current school due to its proximity to my home and apparent good reputation.

After asking my instructor today how long he envisages it will take me to complete my training, he doesn't seem to think I will be finished by Christmas! I'll definitely be moving to another school whether in the UK or abroad.

Does anybody know how difficult it is to transfer training records etc between schools?

Cheers

One option is to postpone your training until spring when your current school might've sorted out their aircraft tech problems and the weather should start improving (in theory). The other thing to consider is you might be ready for IRT just after Christmas, but in Jan/Feb in the UK you will probably end up cancelling multiple tests, then end up having to do multiple refresher flights which involve going over hours on the IR and lack of currency could potentially lead to an IR fail :( and not to mention lots of extra ££

If you are leaning towards Spain, your best making the decision asap because the IR hours your doing here might not necessarily be very useful for the Spanish IR profile, and you don't want to end up doing more hours than necessary. The less hours you do in the UK, the more buffer it gives you to get up to speed with checklists and procedures in Spain.

It does sounds like the school your at is poorly managed, but if your already very close to your IRT it's probably worth just grin and bearing it, staying where you are. I'm guessing it will be aggro swapping schools, and it probably will look better on paper and on school reports if you do all your training at one establishment. However if you've only done a couple of hours on the aircraft then its not going to be as much of a culture shock swapping schools. Ultimately the decision is down to your personal situation. All the best either way :ok:

Hi! Anyone got uptodate information about Aerodynamics Malaga? Me and a friend of mine thinking of doing the FI course with them. Anyone done the FI course there? How long time did you use, regular flying etc.

I did my conversion (FAA CPL IR ME SE) to EASA.
I can nothing but recommend this school. Great stuff, good skills, very friendly, good prices, nice A/Cs.
I have been at 6 different schools during my courses, this on is by faaar the best one.

Anyone suggestions for accommodation during the IR/ME course at Aerodynamics? I assume accommodation in Velez-Malaga is preferable, because it's close to the VFR field where Aerodynamics has its hangars and planes.

Contact them and they will provide you with very good options very close to school in Malaga.
You do fly at Velez, yes. But there is som SIM sessions too. And ground school, which is in Malaga.
I did live very close to school (30sec walk?) and my instructor, or someone else, picked me up on their way to LEAX.

Sounds good Cefey. Living for a few months in Malaga (city) seems better to me then living in a village. I will contact them concerning your option, thanks for it. Have you got an indication of the accommodation costs?

Hi Everyone!!!

I did my IR conversion in Malaga in November 2013.

I had an FAA SE IR and converted to an ME/IR EASA
To get there you must convert first the SE part which includes a checkride.
Then the ME part another checkride.

Total time for me was 3 weeks.
SE was 10h sim + 5h C172RG + Check
ME was 3h sim + 2h BE76 + Check

Instructors are great, friendly and don't worry will point out all your mistakes...

For accommodation you can fin on a spanish web called atrapalo dot....
For a car go to pepecar dot...

I stayed in a hotel on a place in between velez and malaga city for 22 Euros with breakfast included and I shared that room with a friend of mine. the hotel name is maria cristina..

The car costed for 3 weeks 60 Euros plus 80 Euros of full insurance and 80 Euros more for a full tank of petrol the company charges so you can bring the car empty fuel.

Overall experience was fantastic I would go again and will go there when I will have to revalidate the ME IR...

Radios in malaga can be done in english and spanish.
Radios going out of velez have to be done in spanish but dont worry the instructor will do them, until your 5 miles out of the field and contact radar which you can talk in english.

I did flew in IMC going to granada and almeria but normally the weather is great.

And 30 Kts. wind aloft to not allow a SE or ME to fly I just find it ridiculous.

Happy landings and hope my info was useful to someone.

Do they have a website accessible in the english language?

Do they offer Modular courses from PPL-IR?

Contacting Aerodynamics.
 

Hi guys
Did any of you have issues with the communication between yourselves and the school?
I'm due to start my MEIR and CPL with them on 7th of July (or at least i think so) but have only had a brief confirmation via the facebook messaging!
What sort of confirmation did you get to say you were definitely on a course? I've booked flights and accommodation but still nothing from them to confirm start dates/times etc.

Seems a bit strange

I've renewed my MEP-SPA IR a few times with them. Generally, they are OK, professional etc.

The main concern I had with them is that they don't fly in what they deem to be poor weather conditions. My definition of poor weather conditions differs from theirs - they wouldn't fly with 25 kts down the runway and a few clouds.

Schoie - get on the phone to them. The receptionist chick (cant remember her name) knows what's going on, she is generally helpful. However, I wouldn't accept a FB message as confirmation personally.

James - they do indeed offer modular courses.

On the whole, they get the job done for a reasonable price with great groundschool/sim premises. The aircraft (flown the twin-com and duchess there) are not new, but are in fairly decent condition and are maintained well.

To summate, I would indeed go back and use them again.

Last time I renewed I stayed in the Holiday Inn Express next to the airport. They do an aircrew rate if you can show them an airport ID. It's walking distance to the GA terminal and about 10 Euro's taxi ride to the sim building which is downtown.

malaga
 

hi am also thinking of aerodynamics and saw your thread - are you any further forward with them? am reading mixed reviews - wondered if you have formed any kind of personal opinion as yet?

will wait to hear thanks

I am also interested in this lot for an ICAO to EASA conversion and looking for current experiences with them.

I've booked an FI course with them starting in October. Partly because of the better weather than the UK in autumn and partly because of the price (6500 Euros). The Fi course is flown out of LEAX and Im staying in Malaga town centre. I've been dealing with them via email and they give a pretty professional impression. I'll post up a revirew when I come back at the end of November.

Hi,

Does anyone have any recent information on this school? If so, please share your experience here.

Thanks,
Antony

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