By: Moggy C - 19th June 2003 at 10:12
Three circuits.
But if you can do those successfully why would you need a safety pilot afterwards?
Moggy
By: Moggy C - 18th June 2003 at 07:06
Originally posted by SteveYoung
I still think this is a major reason why the old CAA currency criteria (5 hours in a 13 month period, and that’s you signed off for the next 13 months) was just inviting disaster. Theoretically, you could pitch up at your home airfield 12 months and 30 days after your last P1 and legally still be proficient to carry pax. Lunacy…
Wouldn’t disagree with that, nobody can stay current on 5 hours a year.
I’m not sure that the current system – being able to climb into an aircraft after 23 months and twenty nine days without flying and go off solo – is all that much better. Plus the ‘passenger’ restriction actually prevents you taking a safety pilot other than an instructor.
Moggy
By: Arabella-Cox - 17th June 2003 at 18:25
Toughest part for me was having to switch my mind from “work mode” or “home mode” to “flying mode”. No matter how much I learnt in any given session, the very fact that I neither live or work with aeroplanes means that I always took a while to get back into it.
I still think this is a major reason why the old CAA currency criteria (5 hours in a 13 month period, and that’s you signed off for the next 13 months) was just inviting disaster. Theoretically, you could pitch up at your home airfield 12 months and 30 days after your last P1 and legally still be proficient to carry pax. Lunacy…
By: Moggy C - 16th June 2003 at 16:59
Multiple choice ground exams – doddle
NFT – Fairly straightforward
QXC – Nearly died. I made it a lot harder than I needed to.
GFT (Skills test to you youngsters) – Also straight forward
Getting to grips with flaring the aircraft on landing – incredibly difficult. I’m just not a ‘natural pilot’ and had to work really hard at this.
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June 16, 2003 at 4:51 pm