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I have taken a couple of flight lessons last year, and loved it. Alough I know its an expensive hobby, especially if you want to go all the way for the ppl. Exactly how much would it cost to go from basic lessons to passing the exams and flight test? Does anyone know of anywhere that does it cheap in the UK or are they any sponsorship deals going? I really would like to take it up again, but worried about the costs. And also is it true that if you successfully get a ppl, it can open you up to career opportunities, or do you need to get other qualifications.

Sorry about asking soo many questions I just like to know everything

Have a look at this thread here:

http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/ ... 1154783024

It won't answer all of your questions, but it will point you in the right direction.

Cheers,

TSC.

Does anyone know of anywhere that does it cheap in the UK or are they any sponsorship deals going? I really would like to take it up again, but worried about the costs. And also is it true that if you successfully get a ppl, it can open you up to career opportunities, or do you need to get other qualifications.

Sorry about asking soo many questions I just like to know everything

Just a little (non specific) background info also helps sponsorship and career wise (age/stage of education you are at now etc)...

I'm sure we'll be able to help in some way.

Well im 25 school educated, no college or university background (not a good start i know) and only a few times up in a cessner. As far as employment goes i have 5 years security for the ministry of defence and im a licenced doorman, not sure if that is important or not but what would i need to have?

Well im 25 school educated, no college or university background (not a good start i know) and only a few times up in a cessner. As far as employment goes i have 5 years security for the ministry of defence and im a licenced doorman, not sure if that is important or not but what would i need to have?

Ah, ok, that makes it easier - writes of all the military routes - unless you became a RN pilot...

PPL Sponsorship schemes are generally aimed in the bracket of 16-25 year olds (the Air League Scholarhips for example), and most nowadays provide about half the training for an NPPL, or a third for a full PPL, ie between 12 and 20 hrs. Full 45hr scholarships are around still, but obviously competition is very fierce.

Completely sponsored airline schemes again are really a thing of the past. Several used to require a PPL as a pre-requisite to starting the course, however, with the new CTC training scheme things are beginning to open up a bit - they prefer ab-initios. With this scheme you pay back your training costs once you are working for an airline. Cabair also do a similar scheme where your training costs are subsidised to an extent by flybe. The 2007 for Cabair closes for applications a week on Friday btw...

You've missed Oxford Air Training/Excel Airways cut off by about 45 minutes...

So really you need to keep an eye out for the airlines. Nip into WHSmiths weekly and look in the back pages of Flight International too - that's where sponsorship programmes first appear. Keep you eyes open in the front of the monthly Pilot, Flyer and Today's Pilot magazines - that's generally where you see flying scholarships advertised in the general press.

ah, thank you very much for that. I did my lessons with cabair last year and they are local to me, so i guess it wouldn't hurt to take a trip don there and have a look. I will keep my eye out and see what i can come up with
Thanks again