Ok as the title suggests I had a trial lesson for 60 mins in a C152 back in June. I spoke to my instructor and he said that trial lesson will count towards my PPL. I start my PPL (modular) in January 2020 however I don’t have any logbook or haven’t made any record of that 60mins trial lesson. My question is how would flight school know that I already have 1 hr?
I did mention this however when I went for my class 1 medical.

If it’s the same flight school they’ll know and have a record of the flight? They will have a training record for you if you’re returning to them.

Get a logbook but check the flight time was actually 60 minutes before filling it in!

It doesn’t make a difference for your medical as you don’t really need the certificate until you fly solo for the first time.

Yeah it is same flight school so hopefully they’ll have a record of it. As far as logbook is concerned, do I need to get the logbook before I start training or after I start training. I was slightly confused as my flight school have mentioned I’ll have to get headsets, charts, logbook.. etc once I start or something like that.

You will write down your flight time after each lesson and often the instructor will watch you completing your logbook, certainly where I am anyway. My training record also shows the flight time so I can double check. Some lessons I also have to get the instructor to sign my logbook as evidence of the activity completed. I’d get a logbook as soon as possible.

There will definitely be a record of your trial flight in the aircraft tech log - they might have shown you or you might be shown on your next lesson as eventually you’ll be completing it yourself.

There’s a Pooleys starter kit with everything you need excluding headset. Some of it you won’t need straight away. Or you can buy it all separately. I had a mix of Pooleys and AFE books/equipment for the PPL.

Read up on headsets, David Clarke’s are about £300 or Bose up at about £800+. I went for David Clarke’s, not had any issues. I have heard students mentioning the Bose A20s cause a lot of compass deviation in the 152.

Thanks to all for your reply above, With the closure of UK Thomas Cook airlines this has got me worried as to what market or airline industry will be when I qualify probably I’ll say 2021/2022.

I believe if you have hours with one provider and start the same course with another then it’s possible those trial lessons won’t count, I think it depends what the school accepts (I can’t remember the specifics). If the course is with the same provider it will still count, my trial lessons were done as if I was doing a full PPL course. It all adds up, and you’re one hour closer to the 45 you need! One or two hours doesn’t make much difference in the grand scheme of the 150-200hrs you eventually end up with.

You’re a couple of years away from qualifying, a lot will happen before then. I wouldn’t plan on pinning everything on getting a job straight out of school. From my own journey I’ve noticed that it’s as much about the training as it is the future and financial planning of the whole process!