What's New?

As a Flybe-approved training organisation, we have a continual dialogue with this airline. Unfortunately, Flybe are not recruiting at present as they have a very stable workforce. However, we look forward to once again recommending students to them as soon as the aviation jobs market picks up. Their Chief Pilot (Ian Baston) visits us a couple of times a year to keep in touch and to do a presentation to our students.

GPS Approaches

GPS approaches are gradually being introduced at UK airports and before long will be widely available across European airspace.

PAT wishes to train pilots who not only have the required skills for today’s flying but are also well-trained for the future.

In line with this policy, PAT has spent considerable time, effort and money (including an in-flight video produced with Bournemouth University) in developing a CAA-approved GPS training programme.

From June 2010, all of our students will be trained (in the FNPT II and in the aeroplane) to be competent in flying GPS en-route (BRNAV) and RNAV non-precision approaches.

The CAA at Bournemouth have agreed that a GPS Approach will now become an option for our students undergoing the initial Instrument Rating Test.

PAT is proud to be one of the schools leading the way with an instrument approach of the future.

Former Students

We have a page on our website giving details about where our ex-students are now. If we have missed you off this list, please e-mail or telephone us.

Personnel changes

Mike Wheeler finally retired last year (for good!). We wish him luck with his various activities.

We have taken on two new instructors since the last update of our website, Cliff Rand and Gerald Riddett.

Cliff moves to us after working for two other flight schools at Bournemouth.

Gerald is a very experienced pilot who has been in the military and flown for the airlines.

We welcome them both to PAT.

Multi Crew Cooperation/Jet Orientation Courses

Most of our students use European Skybus, here at Bournemouth Airport, for their MCC course.

We have had nothing but good reports of the training provided by European Skybus.

Flight Examiner Training

Anthony has been running CAA-approved examiner training courses,FE (CPL), and CRE/IRR/OPC, since October 2006 and has now trained 30 professional examiners. For more information, refer to his website www.flightexaminertraining.co.uk.

For those who may not yet have heard, we moved on 8th May 2007 to

We have moved office and our new address is:

Oakland House
Building 420
Aviation Business Park
Bournemouth Airport
BH23 6NW