Today’s article is slightly different compared to the usual Pilots Who Ask Why content here. I get a lot of questions on how I got where I am in my career, what the process looked like for me, and where others who are looking to do the same could start. Read more…
It has been a while! Last year has been pretty eventful ever since I obtained my EASA ME IR(H), as you’ve been able to see on this pilot blog. Upon passing my skills test I spent a lot of time on just making sure my CV was finetuned to the Read more…
After a nice Christmas break and quite some paperwork I managed to get all the ratings on my brand new licence at the CAA in Gatwick! It feels like a huge milestone and I am incredibly happy with the result. But now onto the next step… The job hunt! A Read more…
There! Passed my final instrument rating test! I am now fully qualified as an IR pilot! The test went really really well and I am so pleased with the result. I am also so pleased we both managed to do it in the minimum hours required! While I am writing Read more…
We are getting really close to test date now! After about 5 flights each we are getting ready for the progress check. If that goes well we’ll be looking to do our ME IR test soon! Interesting days for sure, especially considering the flights we’ve done today included some different views Read more…
I just flew my first IMC flight! After all that prep, straight away I felt both prepared and excited. Cloudbase was variable, just as the cloud coverage, which resulted in some new and interesting situations while flying through clouds. Constantly going in and out of cloud is a weird feeling, Read more…
Today I passed my final simulator test, officially getting me to the next step: IMC flying in the AS355! It all went so insanely quick, it’s hard to believe we’ve started only 4 weeks ago in the sim. We’ve learned a lot in the sim and put in so much Read more…
We are about halfway through our sim time and really are getting the hang of things now. Most routes we fly have the format of: take up a standard instrument departure using 1 or more nav aids, followed by 2 or 3 legs using VOR’s or NDB’s, join the hold Read more…
Right, after getting used to the basics and having switched our mindsets completely from VFR to IFR flying, it is time to get serious with learning IFR procedures! So far we have logged about 9 hours each. It’s a very good thing we are both allowed to sit in each Read more…
After having completed our AS355 typerating, we have started our simulator training. It’s an FNPT2 procedural trainer, which means it does not have any motion to making the pilot feel control inputs. It’s mainly used, as the name suggests, to train procedures and to get used to not looking outside Read more…