My own experience #02: Starting flight school
So there I was, about to start my last year of high school, at age 17, knowing that I was accepted to the flight school and going to become a
Read below all about my own experiences becoming an airline pilot, divided into a number of blogposts per airplane type!
Read below all about my own experiences becoming an airline pilot, divided into a number of blogposts per airplane type!
Many pilots knew from a very young age that they wanted to become a pilot when they grew up. For me, it was a little bit different. I always admired
So there I was, about to start my last year of high school, at age 17, knowing that I was accepted to the flight school and going to become a
In October 2011 I finally started flight school, as you could read here. All was new for me. I moved to a different country, lived on my own for the
After three months of theory classes, we got the Cessna course. One week of learning all about the Cessna 172, the airplane we were soon going to fly! After the
After about 10 months of studying a lot, I was ready to go for the theory exams. First, I had to do internal exams at the flight school to show that
After my first solo, I continued flying with instructors to learn how to navigate visually (VFR - Visual Flight Rules), to practice engine failures and advanced manoeuvres such as stalls
Many pilots knew from a very young age that they wanted to become a pilot when they grew up. For me, it was a little bit different. I always admired
So there I was, about to start my last year of high school, at age 17, knowing that I was accepted to the flight school and going to become a
In October 2011 I finally started flight school, as you could read here. All was new for me. I moved to a different country, lived on my own for the
After three months of theory classes, we got the Cessna course. One week of learning all about the Cessna 172, the airplane we were soon going to fly! After the
After about 10 months of studying a lot, I was ready to go for the theory exams. First, I had to do internal exams at the flight school to show that
After my first solo, I continued flying with instructors to learn how to navigate visually (VFR - Visual Flight Rules), to practice engine failures and advanced manoeuvres such as stalls
After my CPL exam, a whole new challenge came up: I was going to fly the Piper Seneca, a slightly bigger airplane with two engines! We did 25 hours on
After Ruben and I passed our MCC exam, we officially finished the integrated ATPL course. I moved back to Holland and received my licence. It felt very strange to be
In September 2014, less than a year after graduation, I got an e-mail from my flight school to ask if I could send my CV. An Airline was visiting the
My Type Rating, the specialisation course for the Boeing 717, started in January 2015, a month after I got the good news. The timing was perfect, on my last day