Phase 2 of Flight Training
Phase 2 is conducted over approximately 18 weeks, and leads straight on from Phase One. Again, you will combine theory training with flying.
In the air, you’ll build on the skills learnt in Phase One, covering general handling, instrument flying and cross country navigation. The aircraft you will fly is more complex than the type used in Phase One; it has a variable pitch propeller, and retractable undercarriage.
You have to log a considerable number of hours as “pilot-in-command” to gain your licence, and on conventional programmes, you will be left to your own devices to fly solo for the majority of this phase of training. While solo flying has its place, we will provide an instructor to fly as observer on many of these flights, to ensure that your learning progresses, and you avoid developing poor habits.
Along side the flying training you will complete the first half of your studies towards the JAA Airline Transport Pilot’s Licence theory examinations. There are 14 subjects to study in all; 8 in this phase. You’ll learn by a combination of lecture, self-study and Computer Based Training (“CBT”). Each ‘frame’ of material is preceded by a lecture, then you have a few days to complete the CBT material which ends with a self-administered progress test, before rounding off the frame with a tutorial. The system is world-class, and delivers the best exam pass rates in Europe.
As with other phases of training, the flying training concludes with a progress test, which you must pass before you go onto Phase 3…