Yesterday I finally got back in the air for PPL lesson 6: Slow Flight, after an 11 days absence from flying. This was due to a mixture of the weather being pretty awful and my instructor being away the last 2 weekends which is when I normally fly. When we last left of we were … Read more
I have started my PPL Theory – Air Law, Human Performance & Operational Procedures. I was looking on the internet on opinions on if I should use the AFE or the Pooleys books when I came across a guy who writes his own books. The guy is called Phil Croucher and he seems to be … Read more
Yesterday was PPL Lesson 5: Slow Flight. We seem to be working through the syllabus quite quickly and things are starting to click. Today we started doing stalling for the first time. In our pre flight briefing my instructor taught me HASELL which helps you remember the procedure before doing a stall recovery. Height – … Read more
This is a question that all of us who love flying ask. Should we take the high risk gamble to train as a pilot knowing that we may never get to use our licence? To be completely honest, nobody bar you can answer that question as everybody’s personal circumstances are different. I will try to … Read more
I was supposed to have a lesson yesterday but once again the Great British weather decided it was not to be. To be honest I’m glad because the only lesson available today gave me my first taste of night flying! Today I had PPL lesson 4: Night flying. I am still stuck at one lesson … Read more
Cabair collage of air training is one of the reason you don’t pay for flight training upfront. It was a big renowned flight training school based at Cranfield airport. Cabair liked to take payment upfront for their zero to ATPL courses which a the time of their administration was £60,000-£70,000. Unfortunately for the students of … Read more
Yesterday I had my Initial Class 1 medical at CAA Gatwick. It was a weird day that I’m going to run through now so that anyone who has one upcoming can know what to expect. First things first, the directions of how to get to the CAA Gatwick on their website are basically rubbish. What … Read more
Yesterday I had PPL Lesson 3: Climbing and Descending as my instructor was going to be away at the weekend. It turns out I got lucky as that was only his second flight of the day due to weather (note to self I really need to start calling before making the 20 mile trip to … Read more
The British Airways Future Pilot Programme is in my opinion one of the best cadet programme running today and something aspiring pilots should apply for. As long as you are between 18 & 55 years old & have not sat any ATPL exams and meet the following two requirements you are eligible. 3 A-Levels at Grades … Read more
This post will be focusing on the pilot cadet programs available in the UK. I will list them from the best which are ones where the airline will repay your entire training costs, to the newer MPL licence where the airline may pay some of your costs. Sponsorship programs where the airline repay your costs. … Read more