Good cop Bad Cop

Well it has been a few days since I last updated the blog so just a quick update to let you all know I'm still here and haven't forgotten about the blog but I have been swamped with exams and moving house so not much interesting has happened. Fortunately I took the last of my ground IR exams today and passed!


The other day I also had my stage 1 review of my instrument flying. All was booked, the flight was set for midday which meant that I had an opportunity for a lay in. Getting ready and my mobile rang, its the head of the flying school asking if I could come in early as there is some paperwork to go over (not uncommon, as mentioned earlier, aviation runs on paper). I jumped in the car (which has now been fixed), arrived at the school and was informed that everything was sorted and I could just relax and prep for my flight test. At 11am the phone ring and its a guy from the FAA (American flying regulators) asking me if I was in school and if they could come over and have a chat.


Two guys from the FAA arrive a few minutes later, we went to a meeting room and they start asking me questions about the engine failure that happened the other day.


One of the guys was Mexican and had poor English so I had to say everything about 12 times. After being grilled for 45 minutes and wondering if I had done anything wrong I was allowed to leave and take my flight test.


At this point my nerves were gone, I just wanted to go and relax and didn't feel like taking the test. I prepped for the flight and started to relax a bit, I jumped in the plane and did the flight which actually went very smoothly and I passed.