Need advice (PPL training)

[S64]

Yes you are right. My goal is the JAA PPL(H).

At first I was interested by the McMinville school, I'm now considering an other school as they don't have S300.
I found this school located in Washington and Nevada which has 300C for $255 dual and $210 solo. Does someone has experience with them ?

With an FAA PPL(H) [with JAA flight training requirements : 30h dual (including 5h instrument), 15h solo (including 5h of cross-country)] and less than 100 hours, we just need to pass all JAA written examinations, the JAA skill test, a radio-telephony license and a JAA medical. I will do the convertion in Europe.


Thank you for your help.

[GoodGrief]

With an FAA PPL(H) [with JAA flight training requirements : 30h dual (including 5h instrument), 15h solo (including 5h of cross-country)] and less than 100 hours, we just need to pass all JAA written examinations, the JAA skill test, a radio-telephony license and a JAA medical. I will do the convertion in Europe.

Where does this info come from?

[S64]

It comes from LASORS C2.2

http://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/312...jaa-ppl-h.html
Sloane Helicopters Mallorca | ICAO

[MartinCh]

GoodGrief,

As for Jerry Trimble in MMV, Oregon, the FAA minimums for PPL or IR quotes may be published as to look cheaper, using some fixed wing crediting, but the rates ARE correct. Most heli pilots do not fly fixed wing, so can do their own maths. I did lot of flying there. Including some C172, which is also great rate, since I'm fixed wing pilot as well.

Bunch of Scandinavians did some hourbuilding there last year and more will do this year. It's family owned, own maintenance, low overheads hangarage, low 'residual value' frames, ie lower insurance premiums (they're always high anyway).

It is NOT BIG place like Hillsboro Aviation, where you got your figures from, for 'other OR school'. The 300 at HAI isn't as utilised as R22 obviously. Mainly conversion on type or for very heavy students (I did personally do some training there as well, so speak from first hand experience).

You can say I am biased since I had and will have proper work visa and finished training at Jerry Trimble Helicopters and will be returning to finish off some other stuff, have good time, do some instructing as available etc. But I assure you it's not made up. There's more and more Swedes or Norwegians dropping in for some hourbuilding through word of mouth. So if the place sucked and wasn't what it advertises, people wouldn't fly there.

As for current rates this year, the previous years block rate is scrapped and the credit card payment surcharge increased, but if people do their finances smart way, they get published rates. I am not claiming it's the most suitable choice for S64's plans, though. Just like to set the record straight as your doubts insinuate something not kosher with the school's rates, which isn't true.

S64, if you talk about the UK JAA/EASA PPL, you still need the JAA FI dual received logged sub-100hrs, AFAIK. Bristow Academy is the only full 'JAA' place, but with their rates nearing UK, with all the other expenses, if you only want to do PPL and nothing more, then it's not as great savings, honestly. If you want to do the whole training and try to get instructor job after, on that 'aviation F1' visa, that's another story, still pricey compared to few other 'F1 schools' in the US, but you can get the Euro stuff out of way easier/along the way.

EDIT: didn't mean to bump the few weeks old thread. I missed it that time due to being busy with other stuff. While GoodGrief didn't mean anything bad, I felt it necessary to set the record straight. There is no TGTBT, false advertising or hidden cost (as often with big schools, 10-20 bucks/hr) fuel surcharge, tax etc.