Ways to fund an NPPL?

Hey. I am a student in college who wanted to do the same as that except I’m looking for commercial flying. Two years ago I paid to do a course to become a Personal Trainer. It cost me 1,500 euro and took me 6 months of evening and weekend classes. Now, while still in college, I charge 90 euro an hour and I have ten clients a week who I work with in the mornings, evenings and weekends for one hour per week. Clients stay with me for 10 weeks and if they feel they need more they are welcome to stay. I could have more but my finals are here and I want to do well. The expenses are minimal. Insurance is 200euro for the year and I paid 500 for equipment, but this is up to you.

What i’m trying to say is invest a little in yourself and you can have great returns!

yeah i don’t want to go commercial purely because i wouldnt be happy sitting in the seat of a 737 or anything else, i purely want a license that will allow me to take out a single prop for an hour a month so i can enjoy myself, some sights etc, maybe later in life when i can afford it i would invest on moving on to multi engine, but that would be as far as i would go i think.

ohh i could also fly to work, im sure there would be plenty of parking spaces for a small motorglider at NCL 😎

i understand you point of waiting till the right time, but i don’t want to leave it too late to the point it starts to cost me more, so i think i need to start in the next 2 years, if i start in the next year i will save £120 just inmembership to YGC.

looking at my monthly income and my outgoings i think i should safely be able to afford 2 lessons a month at least if not 4, because of the distance between where i live and the gliding club i think i would have to spend 2 hours at least per lesson as its just shy of 50 miles travel to the club.

so if i was to fly 4 hours a month it means i will reach the minimum within 8 months so i could potentialy have a license in 12 months thats with me flying more than the minimum which i think i will need as my landing was always a thing i used to struggle with, as i always used to Ballon them, it wasent untill aout 45 minutes before i went solo that i got them right

Hey. I am a student in college who wanted to do the same as that except I’m looking for commercial flying. Two years ago I paid to do a course to become a Personal Trainer. It cost me 1,500 euro and took me 6 months of evening and weekend classes. Now, while still in college, I charge 90 euro an hour and I have ten clients a week who I work with in the mornings, evenings and weekends for one hour per week. Clients stay with me for 10 weeks and if they feel they need more they are welcome to stay. I could have more but my finals are here and I want to do well. The expenses are minimal. Insurance is 200euro for the year and I paid 500 for equipment, but this is up to you.

What i’m trying to say is invest a little in yourself and you can have great returns!

I had to wait 6 years in IT until I could afford a CPL/IR and (more importantly) unemployment. Be patient and plan it out!

yes i have tried gliding i used to be in the Air Cadets and did a Gliding Scholarship in the Grob109b MotorGlider i made 7 Hours in the Aircraft which is my main reason for wanting to learn in the Grob109b, as i feel i would have more freedom if i hold an NPPL than sticking to gliding, what i think i need to do is get rid of some of my bills, im intending to paying off my Laptop within the next few months which is £30 a month i save then pay my phone of which is another £30 a month im saving so ive already gained an extra hour each month.

as for the job its a new job so ive got plenty of room for improvement within the airport, so ill have to see what i can scrap up.

However, if you’re keen and can set your case out try the bursary schemes at

http://www.airleague.co.uk/
http://www.gapan.org/

If you can’t advance your income by retraining or getting a better paid job, stick within your means (sorry). Have you tried gliding?