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HEy folks,

A quick one!I was wondering how long usually takes to go through the IR course...?

Cheers!

4-6 weeks ..

- madman

3 1/2 (18 days + test)

h-r

Won't that depend on the weather? :}

Cheers

Whirls

Do you mean '..won't that depend on icing conditions..'? :}:}

The weather is always good in Denmark

Thx everyone!...dunno why i thought it would take a lot longer.

All the best,
Smike

It will take about 6 weeks at 'most' places. Sim and a/c availability are usually the issue, add to that the schools are all pretty busy right now, it may take you over 6 months to even get on a course.
H-R went to Denmark and can probably tell you more about that but mine took me about 6 weeks in UK.

Are you refering to the flying part of the course only? or are you including study and exam time?

Still none of the big operators sponsoring/bonding these days ?

The big companies did recently sponsor people and pay for the IR's but not everyone, and they seem to have stopped as there a fair few guys paying for their own again.

Hey Hover,

I meant all of it...theory and flight.

Of course i´d love a company/airline to sponsor it but i dont think it will happen...when i have my CPL(H)(i have yet to start) i´ll have just 150h...MAYBE i´m lucky and i get some summer fire work but...i´ll be most likely paying for the IR thingy...fsss...;o)

Cheers

Here in the US , its 3 weeks of ground ( where I am ) then fly.
It take saround 6-9 weeks I understand of flying & ground with the instructor & then there as whirls says...The Weather !!

Add the X factor on & there you go.

HF

It's been said before, and it'll be said again: (Courtesy of Camp Freddie)

Option A, CPL(H) only, high risk, chance of employment poor or nil
Option B, CPL(H) + FI rating, higher cost, low risk, lower returns
Option C, CPL(H) + IR, higher cost, high risk, higher returns



FYI, you won't get 'summer fire work' with 150hrs. Unless you plan to work as groundcrew that is...

Bravo, loud & clear sir. Bout firework, well a couple of pilots told me they did here but, again, i´m nu to all this and i know it will be hard(near to impossible) to go anywhere with that short experience.

Thx for the input..;o)

Bravo´s reply lead me thinking about how did everyone do their hour building and when did you get ur first job...? I would love to hear about ur experiences etc...;o)

Best wishes,
Smike

Hi again,

Doing some reading here, i have yet another quetion...hehe

What does it mean being a "low time guy"? At first i thought it was coz of having few hours but, the guys had like 2000h or 3000h...is it low at all?

Thx

I've taken "low-time" to be anything less than 1,000 therefore, 2-3,000 is not low unless you're a 10,000 hour pilot. They were probably sarcastic posts!

Cheers

Whirls

Aight...;o)

I guess that i´ll be a low time for a long time,huh?!?!...pffff.

So anyone cares to share how did u do ur hour building once u got ur first 150-200h with CPL(h)?

I know FI is the most common but, here in Spain schools ask for 300h min with 100 being 1st officer(dunno if its the right word sorry...still a noob) So i´m thinking how i´d get the hours left to be able to go thru the FI course...

Tc,
Smike

I don't like to call it hour building, when it involves increasing ones hours via a proffesional pilotjob ..
For me hour building is something you do like between PPL and CPL, flying on your own. It's a "just need to increase the hours, don't really care how" way ..

I hate to have an instructor who is just there for "hour building", instead of being a proffesionel instructor, who is really involved and present, focused, not caring if he/she got 3 or 4 hours logged today, not just being in that other seat for the hours. But instead was truely proffesionel ..
I don't know, maybe its potatos and potatos for some. I just see a difference in attitude and seen both types of instructors ..


Anyway: 300 hours and 100 PIC is JAA requirements for becoming an instructor. JAR-FCL 2.335 section (a) ..
Those I know of has paid for the hours, hour building to achieve the 300 / 100 hour figures ..

- madman

The 300 hour requirement to commence an Instructor Rating has now been reduced to 250 for JAA.

Cheers

Whirls