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Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
22nd Aug 2013, 13:08
Replies: 5
Views: 1,108
Posted By Conan the Vulgarian

You need to do the training through an approved...

You need to do the training through an approved ground school. If you have to do all 14 exams (not sure what you'll have to do with an expired ICAO CPL/IR) there must be 2 weeks of on-site revision...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
26th Jul 2013, 12:31
Replies: 328
Views: 238,288
Posted By Conan the Vulgarian

Normally I avoid these discussions like the...

Normally I avoid these discussions like the plague, but this one has got to me - why would anyone trying to get a start in this industry have a problem with cadet programs?

Presumably you'd rather...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
19th Jul 2013, 20:33
Replies: 2
Views: 1,757
Posted By Conan the Vulgarian

I don't know what countries you have the right to...

I don't know what countries you have the right to live and work in, so I can't say what license(s) would be useful to you.

It depends on how the market works in the countries you can work in, if...
Forum: Cabin Crew
14th Jul 2013, 15:57
Replies: 8
Views: 3,851
Posted By Conan the Vulgarian

My understanding is that it's so your eyes can...

My understanding is that it's so your eyes can adapt to the light - in the event of an evacuation, you don't want people exiting the airplane from a dark cabin into bright daylight and being...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
11th Jul 2013, 14:21
Replies: 85
Views: 13,915
Posted By Conan the Vulgarian

Can you give specific examples of what he's...

Can you give specific examples of what he's struggling with, or times he has fallen short?

I agree to some extent with what was said earlier about it being down to flying experience - the more...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
10th Jan 2013, 02:36
Replies: 10
Views: 2,095
Posted By Conan the Vulgarian

This. There are certainly no shortage of...

This.

There are certainly no shortage of armchair aviators willing to spend their time on pprune (doubtless in their pants with a half eaten 2 day old pizza beside them) waiting, eagle-eyed, for...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
7th Feb 2012, 22:49
Replies: 24
Views: 4,959
Posted By Conan the Vulgarian

To the OP - potatowings has hit the nail on the...

To the OP - potatowings has hit the nail on the head in many ways. To some extent, his sage advice makes me wish I had been a little more optimistic in what I posted. I still stand by it in many ways...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
5th Feb 2012, 20:15
Replies: 24
Views: 4,959
Posted By Conan the Vulgarian

The short answer is no, there are no jobs. I...

The short answer is no, there are no jobs. I don't mean that there are badly paid, starter jobs. I don't mean you'll have to work your way up. I mean there are _no_ jobs.

If you wanted to instruct...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
25th Jan 2012, 07:13
Replies: 10
Views: 7,012
Posted By Conan the Vulgarian

Where are you based? Stansted are the hardest of...

Where are you based? Stansted are the hardest of the big South UK airfields to get a transit of as far as I can tell, Gatwick and Luton are far more likely to let you through without orbiting you...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
24th Jan 2012, 22:50
Replies: 10
Views: 7,012
Posted By Conan the Vulgarian

90% of the CPL is compass and stopwatch...

90% of the CPL is compass and stopwatch navigation. To be honest another hundred hours or whatever of P1 will make a pretty big difference to your flying (assuming you've just got your PPL) no matter...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
1st Oct 2011, 00:17
Replies: 7
Views: 3,422
Posted By Conan the Vulgarian

Don't forget your chequebook.

Don't forget your chequebook.
Forum: Private Flying
18th Jul 2011, 19:05
Replies: 32
Views: 5,055
Posted By Conan the Vulgarian

I notice the Northern bit of Wakefield is under...

I notice the Northern bit of Wakefield is under the part of the CTA that has its base at 2500', just in case you hadn't noticed that. You can just fly under the CTA without talking to anyone at...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
1st Jul 2011, 19:15
Replies: 14
Views: 2,364
Posted By Conan the Vulgarian

Like caring how much stuff costs? :E

Like caring how much stuff costs?

:E
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
24th Jun 2011, 19:07
Replies: 1,315
Views: 917,657
Posted By Conan the Vulgarian

Q1. True altitude differs from indicated by 4%...

Q1. True altitude differs from indicated by 4% for every 10 degrees difference in temperature from ISA. True altitude is higher than indicated in warm air, lower in cold air. At 12,000 ft ISA...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
6th Sep 2010, 19:14
Replies: 2
Views: 558
Posted By Conan the Vulgarian

There are really no sponsored (ie you don't have...

There are really no sponsored (ie you don't have to pay) schemes for flying training other than joining the military. Be EXTREMELY wary of anyone who tells you otherwise. Sorry to have to say it so...
Forum: South Asia and the Far East
19th Aug 2010, 23:40
Replies: 9
Views: 2,652
Posted By Conan the Vulgarian

Thanks. Do you know what the TFC are like about...

Thanks. Do you know what the TFC are like about letting you take the aircraft away for a few days at a time? Is this possible at all and if so what are the minimum hours they want you to fly it per...
Forum: South Asia and the Far East
18th Aug 2010, 21:40
Replies: 9
Views: 2,652
Posted By Conan the Vulgarian

Flying in Thailand (on a JAR PPL)

I may be travelling to Thailand late this year and doing some flying there. It would be helpful to know; 1 - How does one validate a JAR PPL in Thailand? Presumably one also needs a Thai medical -...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
10th May 2010, 22:51
Replies: 15
Views: 4,439
Posted By Conan the Vulgarian

At the risk of going a mile off topic here, I...

At the risk of going a mile off topic here, I wonder don't any of this "vast majority" actually want to understand what they are studying? I mean, we're not talking subtleties here - surely people...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
9th May 2010, 18:12
Replies: 15
Views: 4,439
Posted By Conan the Vulgarian

Thanks gents. The differential solution is a much...

Thanks gents. The differential solution is a much more straightforward explanation than I had expected - I find it a slightly nonintuitive result, but there it is in black and white. Perhaps if I...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
8th May 2010, 19:14
Replies: 15
Views: 4,439
Posted By Conan the Vulgarian

Vmd implies equal form and induced drag

In the Bristol GS manuals I have here, it says that at Vmd, the induced and zero-lift drag are equal. It says this as a generality, as though it is always true, but never derives it anywhere that I...
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