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By kevkdg
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Cookie wrote:
FCL.020 Student pilot
(a) A student pilot shall not fly solo unless authorised to do so and supervised by a flight instructor.


and

FCL.210.A (b)(2)
Before allowing the applicant for a PPL(A) to undertake his/her first solo flight, the FI should ensure that the applicant can use R/T communication.


It may be that local procedures (RF/ATO manual etc) require a student to complete Air Law prior to first solo, but the regulation does not.

Sittings
The Light Aircraft Association, along with other associations, provided comment (730) on NPA 2014-29(A) recommending removal of the sittings restriction which is not considered appropriate for training towards non-commercial licences.

The current 'sittings requirement' is due to be removed from FCL.025(b) for LAPL and PPL applicants following responses to NPA 2014-29(A) and publication of subsequent Opinion 05/2017 which contains an amendment to the existing text.

This is currently finding it's way through the EASA rulemaking process, and is expected within the first half of 2018.

Cookie


@Cookie Did the above ever pan out? The CAA website still mentions 6 sittings for LAPL and PPL exams.
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By Milty
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@Need a new hip If you have any specific questions, pop onto the student forum and ask away. Plenty of help on there. Also, check out EasyPPL Groundschool for exam guidance.
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By Sir Morley Steven
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https://www.caa.co.uk/general-aviation/ ... minations/
The CAA publish limited info. This page is comprehensive in the exams and time frame but leave a lot out.

Nowadays you simply need a medical to fly solo and a recommendation from the flying school. We are an ATO and mandate a progress test before first solo.

As sittings and rules for order have gone there is no longer any strict order but in my view it is sensible to know a bit bout air law and ops procedures before first solo and a bit about flight planning and nav before first solo nav. Comms is vital of course.

As I said years ago, if you talk to your flying school they will advise you.
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By TLRippon
#1964172
This sticky has been up for a long time and regulations have changed a lot since the original 2016 posts. Perhaps it’s time to delete the first two pages at least and add some up to date information in the first posts of the thread?