RisePilot wrote:Rob P wrote:PC Check? Wossat?
Short for LPC (Licence Proficiency Check). Helicopter pilots have to do an LPC for each separate helicopter rating held every 12 months. We don't have the 2yr 12hrs scheme that SEP has.
It about 45 minutes to an 1hr flying with an examiner and some paperwork/money to CAA.
I was admonished a year or two ago by a pedantic examiner who cuckolded me for calling it an 'LPC'. Apparently it changed to 'Proficiency Check' and that's what we should all now call it.
Presumably someone at the Gatwick Bunker decided that Licence Proficiency Check didn't really describe what was being undertaken and obtained funds for a highly-paid consultant to come up with a new title. The result? Proficiency Check. SSSSSSOOOOOO much better, don't ya think?
Oh and Rob yes, us eggbeater Skygods have to show off our talent to an examiner every year. We leave the ladies at the bar while we wrestle the machine into the air and commit unspeakable acts of aviation together. Oh and we have to do it for every type of helicopter we have ratings for (more or less, some exceptions etc). And pay for the privilege, of course. (BTW I shall be moving to Suffolkshire in a few weeks, the a/c will be based at EGSM as I'll be just down the road. If you fancy lunch watching the meatbombers, let me know)
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