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Forum: Tech Log
18th Apr 2024, 16:38
Replies: 34
Views: 1,581
Posted By Alex Whittingham

I asked my instructors about this after coming...

I asked my instructors about this after coming across statements like Flight Path Angle + angle of attack = pitch attitude. They said there are two sorts of angle of attack considered nowadays, the...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
18th Apr 2024, 12:58
Replies: 2
Views: 315
Posted By Alex Whittingham

Obviously you need to compare apples with apples....

Obviously you need to compare apples with apples. As you know an ATO can get the headline price down by excluding stuff. Whilst I'm sure you could pay less, a successful 'value' school in Spain is ...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
26th Mar 2024, 19:39
Replies: 22
Views: 4,173
Posted By Alex Whittingham

I dropped out of uni, I left after a year at the...

I dropped out of uni, I left after a year at the LSE reading Economics and History. Third best career move I ever made. #1 was joining the RAF, #2 was leaving the RAF.
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
26th Mar 2024, 09:16
Replies: 22
Views: 13,041
Posted By Alex Whittingham

Hats off to the IAA for at least attempting to...

Hats off to the IAA for at least attempting to discharge their responsibility to ensure ATOs have sufficient funding. UK candidates should note that the UK CAA deny that they are required to do this,...
Forum: Tech Log
20th Mar 2024, 12:08
Replies: 11
Views: 2,099
Posted By Alex Whittingham

aha! Thank you. Severe wx avoidance without...

aha! Thank you. Severe wx avoidance without clearance deviating more than 5 NM from track. The SAND acronym got me.
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Forum: Tech Log
20th Mar 2024, 08:50
Replies: 11
Views: 2,099
Posted By Alex Whittingham

I'm guessing... garbled acceleration errors on a...

I'm guessing... garbled acceleration errors on a direct reading compass? see PPRuNe (https://www.pprune.org/archive/index.php/t-275437.html)
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
26th Feb 2024, 13:41
Replies: 18
Views: 2,130
Posted By Alex Whittingham

Thank you, that is the reg. The requirement to...

Thank you, that is the reg. The requirement to take the IR skill test in one of the member States only applies when the ATO is approved to provide training ... in third countries. Of course there's...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
26th Feb 2024, 09:46
Replies: 18
Views: 2,130
Posted By Alex Whittingham

I think this only applies to ATOs approved out of...

I think this only applies to ATOs approved out of theatre. For instance, a US-based ATO training for the EASA licence has to include famil flying and IR test in EASA airspace whereas an EASA-based...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
25th Feb 2024, 09:26
Replies: 11
Views: 2,640
Posted By Alex Whittingham

Seems to be that the TR becomes 'free' to the...

Seems to be that the TR becomes 'free' to the cadet but the ATO is required to pay £20K to Ryanair to cover the 'free' bit at the time the cadet is enrolled, and therefore you can expect course fees...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Feb 2024, 09:30
Replies: 14
Views: 2,302
Posted By Alex Whittingham

As posted above the exemptions for military...

As posted above the exemptions for military pilots are on a national basis so 22 Group rules only apply to UK licence issue. If you wanted both UK and EASA you would need to do full approved courses...
Forum: Tech Log
21st Feb 2024, 09:56
Replies: 28
Views: 2,565
Posted By Alex Whittingham

Could be... follow on questions would be (1) When...

Could be... follow on questions would be (1) When did they stop requiring different corrections? and (2) did they then change the Daltons or their equivalent? This might explain slightly different...
Forum: Tech Log
21st Feb 2024, 09:02
Replies: 28
Views: 2,565
Posted By Alex Whittingham

The compressibility correction is different...

The compressibility correction is different depending on whether the instruments are GB or USA? Does anyone have any further info on this concept, please?
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
9th Jan 2024, 11:44
Replies: 5
Views: 1,632
Posted By Alex Whittingham

Rip-Off Britain on Tayside Aviation

On the BBC iPlayer Series 15 Episode 31, link here (https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001vfpf/rip-off-britain-series-15-31-our-18yearold-home-is-crumbling) from 31:00 minutes in to 38:00...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
8th Jan 2024, 10:42
Replies: 14
Views: 3,600
Posted By Alex Whittingham

The requirements for a company to have its...

The requirements for a company to have its accounts audited, rather than providing the abbreviated accounts applicable to small companies (effectively just a balance sheet) are to make two out of the...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
2nd Jan 2024, 14:56
Replies: 41
Views: 11,094
Posted By Alex Whittingham

Well, define illegal. If the directors believe...

Well, define illegal. If the directors believe the company can continue trading despite its rather poor balance sheet position they can continue. It is only if they get to a position that they either...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
2nd Jan 2024, 09:53
Replies: 41
Views: 11,094
Posted By Alex Whittingham

I think that Leading Edge were looking for...

I think that Leading Edge were looking for someone to provide fair weather training last year - or possibly the year before - but no-one would take it on. Fear of non-payment apparently.
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
21st Dec 2023, 16:17
Replies: 13
Views: 1,675
Posted By Alex Whittingham

I have been told that credit card companies will...

I have been told that credit card companies will not allow some ATOs to take lump sum payment for flying courses with their cards - apparently the view is that the risk of s75 claims is considered...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
21st Nov 2023, 14:22
Replies: 28
Views: 4,030
Posted By Alex Whittingham

@jedro A factor influencing your preception may...

@jedro A factor influencing your preception may be that it is largely the integrated ATOs that have stands at Pilot Careers Live etc and that being the case you are going to hear the message that...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
17th Nov 2023, 08:37
Replies: 15
Views: 3,864
Posted By Alex Whittingham

What paco said

What paco said
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
6th Nov 2023, 12:48
Replies: 1,053
Views: 466,415
Posted By Alex Whittingham

Spoke to BA over the weekend. There were 30,000...

Spoke to BA over the weekend. There were 30,000 registrations and 22,000 completed applications for this.
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
1st Nov 2023, 09:49
Replies: 12
Views: 1,494
Posted By Alex Whittingham

It's speculative, but things may indeed change at...

It's speculative, but things may indeed change at EZY. When CAE were awarded the exclusive contract one of the training captains on their recruitment team told me that it was exclusive only as long...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
28th Oct 2023, 13:25
Replies: 10
Views: 1,485
Posted By Alex Whittingham

Is it this place? ...

Is it this place?
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/570x384/screenshot_2023_10_28_142251_f83b06306a6a8658047481d3a11fa9eb92bb661f.png
If so I would advise you to lawyer up and get...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
26th Oct 2023, 09:49
Replies: 1,091
Views: 715,987
Posted By Alex Whittingham

We have just reviewed this for Wings Alliance...

We have just reviewed this for Wings Alliance members because prices have been going up recently.; We make a realistic bottom-end cost to be about £57K from scratch, including APS-MCC, UPRT etc. This...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
23rd Oct 2023, 21:04
Replies: 6
Views: 629
Posted By Alex Whittingham

I think we are assuming that we have a right...

I think we are assuming that we have a right angle triangle with the angle between the track of 120° and the meridian being 60°, then cos60° = A/H, then H = A ÷ cos60° = 180/cos60° = 360 NM. Chart...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
23rd Oct 2023, 10:41
Replies: 6
Views: 629
Posted By Alex Whittingham

Just confirm, please, that the 61 and the 58 are...

Just confirm, please, that the 61 and the 58 are longitudes East or West and the latitude in both cases is meant to be 30N? or is latitude only given with one point 61°30'N and the other 58°30'N?
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
25th Sep 2023, 10:01
Replies: 9
Views: 3,924
Posted By Alex Whittingham

I don't think a BA application would be...

I don't think a BA application would be productive right now given that you have just hit an issue, they are sure to find out. My first questions would be (i) how did the rest of your class get on?...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
14th Sep 2023, 14:51
Replies: 5
Views: 895
Posted By Alex Whittingham

This, of course, is the CAA view. They choose to...

This, of course, is the CAA view. They choose to regard the requirement of AMC1 ARA.ATO.105 that they should continually monitor ATOs for evidence of sufficient funding as an inconvenient EASA AMC...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
13th Sep 2023, 19:50
Replies: 5
Views: 895
Posted By Alex Whittingham

Full video record of the debate is here...

Full video record of the debate is here (https://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/f694db10-e0df-4a7c-9035-2e4d3d6c11fb), it's about 90 minutes long.
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
13th Sep 2023, 17:07
Replies: 5
Views: 895
Posted By Alex Whittingham

MPs debate implications of insolvent ATOs

UK MPs have been discussing the failures of FTA and Tayside, the inactivity of the CAA and the implications for those who lost their money. The record in Hansard...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
22nd Aug 2023, 20:40
Replies: 1,053
Views: 466,415
Posted By Alex Whittingham

if I was BA it would be FTE Jerez and Skyborne

if I was BA it would be FTE Jerez and Skyborne
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
21st Aug 2023, 11:44
Replies: 3
Views: 717
Posted By Alex Whittingham

Yes, if you want it to count for the UK CAA...

Yes, if you want it to count for the UK CAA licence. Best move is to do both sets of exams in parallel, but I'm guessing you have more or less done that.
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
17th Aug 2023, 18:11
Replies: 5
Views: 1,238
Posted By Alex Whittingham

What he said. Single CBIR and CPL, and get going....

What he said. Single CBIR and CPL, and get going. Not sure about Danish ATOs but in the UK, Euro Flight Training at Lee-on-Solent for EASA and UK licence on a DA40.
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
23rd Jul 2023, 19:28
Replies: 6
Views: 2,801
Posted By Alex Whittingham

So.... competency-based assessment is how the...

So.... competency-based assessment is how the airlines assess their pilots. You see it described as KSA (Knowledge Skills and Attitude) in ATPL theory but apart from that you won't meet this style of...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
22nd Jul 2023, 10:24
Replies: 89
Views: 18,207
Posted By Alex Whittingham

The dual licence can be obtained for the extra...

The dual licence can be obtained for the extra cost of (i) an additional EASA Class 1 medical (ii) licence issue fees from your chosen EASA State and (iii) an additional set of ATPL exam fees....
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
12th Jul 2023, 21:45
Replies: 6
Views: 2,801
Posted By Alex Whittingham

I asked the supervising BA recruiter about this...

I asked the supervising BA recruiter about this and the answer was, "err, I don't know, I'll get back to you by email". The thrust seems to be that they don't want candidates who have moved between...
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