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Irish Air Corps / flying lessons for cadetships..will i continue?
« on: March 28, 2004, 02:58:58 pm »
on saturday i went for my first flying lesson, in the hope of building up a few hours so it would be of some advantage for the air corp selection next year.
it was the usual introductory one you would get where you are explained all the main components rudder,ailerons, elevator etc and what they do. we weny up for 30 mins and the instructor let me have full control after take off right untill we came back (about 6 seconds before the runway when he took over again..a little bit nervewrecking!!) i thoroughly enjoyed the experience and didn`t have any problems maneuvering the plane. anyways im rambling a bit so il get to the point.
he agreed with me that the price was outrageous at 70 euro for only 30 mins and told me that me building up a few hours of flight training was a complete waste of time if it was just to impress the air corps in some small way. I was flying a Ralyee plane (he called it a flying bathtub). he said that they would not be one bit interested in me having a few hours on a ralyee plane because it is the lowest of the low plane. he also said when it really boiled down to final selection it wouldnt matter a damn.
he said that the air corp dont really serve a purpose to the nation anymore now that SAR is gone and it will be phased out in the coming years because it simply costs too much money for the govt. i argued with him on these points but he seems like a very wise man who has been flying planes for 40 years and knows what he is talking about. he also has some dealings with the air corp so i was inclined to believe him on what he said.
so.. im left with a decision. do i continue to fork out money for a couple of hours on a "s**t plane" that the air corp wont care about or do i continue on and build up a few hours to impress them a tiny bit?
im hoping the experienced guys can help me in answering my questions and tell me if the "experienced man" is right.
thankyou.
it was the usual introductory one you would get where you are explained all the main components rudder,ailerons, elevator etc and what they do. we weny up for 30 mins and the instructor let me have full control after take off right untill we came back (about 6 seconds before the runway when he took over again..a little bit nervewrecking!!) i thoroughly enjoyed the experience and didn`t have any problems maneuvering the plane. anyways im rambling a bit so il get to the point.
he agreed with me that the price was outrageous at 70 euro for only 30 mins and told me that me building up a few hours of flight training was a complete waste of time if it was just to impress the air corps in some small way. I was flying a Ralyee plane (he called it a flying bathtub). he said that they would not be one bit interested in me having a few hours on a ralyee plane because it is the lowest of the low plane. he also said when it really boiled down to final selection it wouldnt matter a damn.
he said that the air corp dont really serve a purpose to the nation anymore now that SAR is gone and it will be phased out in the coming years because it simply costs too much money for the govt. i argued with him on these points but he seems like a very wise man who has been flying planes for 40 years and knows what he is talking about. he also has some dealings with the air corp so i was inclined to believe him on what he said.
so.. im left with a decision. do i continue to fork out money for a couple of hours on a "s**t plane" that the air corp wont care about or do i continue on and build up a few hours to impress them a tiny bit?
im hoping the experienced guys can help me in answering my questions and tell me if the "experienced man" is right.
thankyou.