Mon Nov 29, 2021 5:08 pm
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Hello fellow aviators!
I flew from Enstone to Thruxton today for my LAPL QXC and it went well. Things I lernt:
- the course seemed at times quite undefined...can't really put a finger on it but it seemed a little vague and required faith to proceed. However...it all (inevitably?) came together as it progressed and it 'just worked'. I suppose it must do or we'd be statistics but for example the exams especially started to gel and I don't think there was anything extraneous in any lesson or exam. Quite something and I wish we could replicate this at work!
- FI's get Properly Nervous and I don't know how they do it sometimes. It's interesting to think of the stress they're under sending students off to the wide blue stuff hoping they come back As ever in the UK the serious stuff is backed up with humour - sort of 'serious fun' if that makes sense - but that also adds to the overall 'journey'. Awful word 'journey' but it does for once seem appropriate.
- I started in July and can remember hearing a young student talking with his FI in the briefing room about 'well we could divert to Bristol' and 'yes I agree we'll route to x and talk to Brize MATZ for a hopeful transit' and now I've been doing that. What an amazing thing to do - looking down over the snowy Cotswolds, communicating with RAF ATC and looking down at C17s on the apron. What a privilege. Ending the para here before an Old Man gets emotional.
- OHJ - frankly I'm still working it out but for me eventually I've just had to fly and plan it ahead then ask on the radio and listen in. It works but it's taken some ad hoc decision making which in the end was part of the fun.
- Everyone has been friendly, encouraging and had good humour. Sometimes minor errors could have led to major ones or risks and these were corrected following 'robust advice'. Again - it's the whole learning experience perhaps especially at a later stage in life when we're used to things being done Our Way which makes it so rewarding.
I'm in a syndicate now with a Cheetah and PA28 so there will be many opportunities to make more new friends after the imminent test.
Good luck fellow students
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I flew from Enstone to Thruxton today for my LAPL QXC and it went well. Things I lernt:
- the course seemed at times quite undefined...can't really put a finger on it but it seemed a little vague and required faith to proceed. However...it all (inevitably?) came together as it progressed and it 'just worked'. I suppose it must do or we'd be statistics but for example the exams especially started to gel and I don't think there was anything extraneous in any lesson or exam. Quite something and I wish we could replicate this at work!
- FI's get Properly Nervous and I don't know how they do it sometimes. It's interesting to think of the stress they're under sending students off to the wide blue stuff hoping they come back As ever in the UK the serious stuff is backed up with humour - sort of 'serious fun' if that makes sense - but that also adds to the overall 'journey'. Awful word 'journey' but it does for once seem appropriate.
- I started in July and can remember hearing a young student talking with his FI in the briefing room about 'well we could divert to Bristol' and 'yes I agree we'll route to x and talk to Brize MATZ for a hopeful transit' and now I've been doing that. What an amazing thing to do - looking down over the snowy Cotswolds, communicating with RAF ATC and looking down at C17s on the apron. What a privilege. Ending the para here before an Old Man gets emotional.
- OHJ - frankly I'm still working it out but for me eventually I've just had to fly and plan it ahead then ask on the radio and listen in. It works but it's taken some ad hoc decision making which in the end was part of the fun.
- Everyone has been friendly, encouraging and had good humour. Sometimes minor errors could have led to major ones or risks and these were corrected following 'robust advice'. Again - it's the whole learning experience perhaps especially at a later stage in life when we're used to things being done Our Way which makes it so rewarding.
I'm in a syndicate now with a Cheetah and PA28 so there will be many opportunities to make more new friends after the imminent test.
Good luck fellow students
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