Hi All,
Just looking for some idea of how people went about getting there CPL time.
I’m sitting at 70hrs TT and was wondering what people did next, Night rating, IR? and at what time they started doing this further training i.e. 100hrs, 150 so that their IR will take you to 200hrs so you can start your CPL straight away.
I’m a little confused as to whats next. My club will only do Night rating and maybe a conversion onto the C172 from the tomahawk.
So really what I’m asking is what’s next?
By: Deano - 25th August 2004 at 16:02
WD
I “think” its 3 hrs duel and 2hrs solo, which must include a 1hr solo navigational exercise and then 1hr circuits, you must get a sVFR clearance although it is flown IFR, I will try to clarify this later as Im off to work now
Rgds
Dean.
By: Whiskey Delta - 25th August 2004 at 15:49
So night qualification is a 5 hour additional rating for a pilot certificate? What does the night qual. training involve?
By: Deano - 25th August 2004 at 15:40
DME
I think you can start the CPL at 150hrs so you have 80 hrs to burn up, I have 82hrs so far so Im in relatively the same position as you, what I am going to do is start my IMC now, my club wont allow me a night qualification without an IMC and I assume most clubs have the same view, the IMC should take me to about 100hrs and then the NQ is 5 hrs, always build in some contingency hrs, remember the hrs quoted in LAZORS is minimum required hrs and not everyone can acheive the ratings etc within these hrs.
You should then look to hour build for the rest but obvioulsy make it constructive, dont just buzz around your local area aimlessly flying, I try to learn something every time I fly and ask myself at the end of each flight if there was something i could have done better/different etc to make me a better pilot, try flying long distance, go further afield, use instrument fixes (but not as a primary means of navigation) ditch the GPS (if you have one), just look for ways to make it as constructive as possible.
Rgds
Dean
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August 25, 2004 at 12:04 pm