Trainee pilots restricted

[H500Fan]

I self studied 3 subjects before starting and had hoped to complete my flying in one year up to CPL level as students before me have done. I don't particularily like being out of the work force and would rather be a student for as little time as possible. So at this stage its 18 months to complete the 3 papers, forcing me to go into a second year as a student. The CFI has given us a rough guide to the papers needing 10 hours a week to keep up with the program (we get drip fed information to fit in with the uni semester) So there is no way to fast track it. I've nearly finished all my aviation exams up to CPL level, and have't even sat in the cockpit. I want to get into ag flying and general helicopter work in NZ, so don't quite see what sitting around doing a business paper is going to do for me, I'm not going to own or business or be the boss of one for a very long time.
The only reason it came about was the fact that everyone prior has a "fail" next to their name who borrow money from NMIT. The business papers have always been there, just no one chose to do them. I can understand their reasoning in a way, just wish it was more realistic.

[A2BOK]

QUOTE

Are you currently doing the papers?[/quote]
I have progressed much further into tertiary study. I was amongst the first NMIT studets so you are going back nearly a decade but I made a conscious decision I was going to do them (I elected to do Massey papers) and simply continued with study. Flight training, working and studying one or two papers a semester is not a big task, I would estimate it to be easier in fact than a type rating/line training that goes along with that job you've always wanted. You are right and I agree it would be a good idea to allow people to complete them at a later date but with past performance being the best predictor of future behaviour, pilot's have shown they simply will not do them which leads all the way back to NMIT's poor completion rate. The stats are pretty much that 95% of students are 'failing' the course. Exit points i.e. Certificate in Aviation etc. were introduced to help 'improve' completion rates but even then most people don't bother to fill in the form or apply for it. This is (amongst many) one of the reasons the government has reduced funding for aviation training, the statistics needed to be improved and with government funds so tight, not a hard decision to save money in an area where people appear to be constantly 'failing.' For most, successful completion of the licences is all the care about but that is not the programme they enrolled in. Think of Uni, many degrees have compulsory papars one has to suffer through to progress and complete the qualification or to be allowed to move onto elective areas where one has more of an interest.













5