JAR PPL(A) TRAINING

Aeroclub Mesogeion Registered Training Facility has started PPL Training activities on 1/2/2004 according to the JARs (Joint Aviation Requirements) of the JAA (Joint Aviation Authorities). Our club provides integrated (air and ground) training courses for those who want to obtain the JAR-FCL Private Pilot Licence PPL(A) in light single-engine land aeroplanes day and night.

Price-List:
Member Registration	15 euros
Member Annual Subscription	30 euros
Student Pilot Registration JAR PPL(A)	50 euros
Cessna 172	160 euros per hour
Cost/Min. Time of JAR PPL(A)	7200euros / 2 months
Hour build	130eu/h

Remarks:
-Student pilots receive all school training manuals - questionnaries in a DVD both in English and Greek language
-Ground training is not mandatory (cost 7eu/hour)
-Participation in school tests (computer based, like official exams at HCAA) is mandatory (no cost)
-Ground and flying training are executed at DEKELEIA / TATOI airfield
-For PPL holders that want to fly more than 10 hours per 6-months, special offers are applicable (Hour built). Contact us for details.

The training methods of JAR PPL(A) are different from the old National PPL. No more bureaucracy, more simple and intrisic methods are used, providing the student with a lot of options. Ground School lectures as well as flight operations are conducted at Dekeleia-Tatoi airport (17Km outside Athens, near Kifisia). Each student pilot arrange flights/ground school according to his/her needs directly with his/her ground/flight instructor.

The new European JAR PPL vs the old National PPL (NPPL)
Anyone who wants to start immediately the PPL training he/she can do it by simply submitting an application to our club. Flying training and ground training can be conducted simultaneously and very fast! There is no Student Pilot Licence (it was necessary for the NPPL training and HCAA many times delayed its issuing making students to wait a lot of time before they fly), theorytical exams are scheduled by the students themselves (there are no exam periods), exam system is very simple (using PC, result is announced immediately) and in advance time limits are not so strict as before.

Requirements
-> Member Application
-> Student Pilot JAR PPL(A) Application
-> 2 Photos (+ 6 for Air-Athlete)
-> Member Registration & Annual Subscription (15 + 30 euros)
-> Student Pilot Registration (50 euros)
-> Passport or ID Photocopy
-> Moderate English Language Knowledge
-> Good Health
-> 14 years of age completed for starting officially the training/ 16 years of age completed for SOLO flights/ 17 years of age completed for obtaining the licence

Flights: At Tatoi-Dekeleia Airport
-> Saturday-Sunday-Official Holidays: From 09:00 to sunset
-> Monday-Friday: From 14:30 to sunset

Completion Time of Flying Training: max. 24 months from the success at the theorytical exams at HCAA.

Ground Training

Course

Air Law & ATC Procedures

General Aircraft Knowledge

Flight Planning & Performance

Human Performance and Limitations

Meteorology

Navigation

Operational Procedures

Principles of Flight

Communications

Intro to Flying Training - Manuals

Important Notes: Our trainers (who hold JAR, HCAA and FAA licences) can give lectures to english language too. All books that our school propose to student pilots are in English language (Air Pilot's Manual Series, Latest Volumes 1-7, Trevor Thom). After completing the syllabus of each lesson every student sit for school exams in order to prove that he or she is capable of passing the official exam of the certain lesson at the HCAA. If he/she fails (school pass mark<80%), our school can not send him/her at the official exams. Officially, a pass in a Subject will be awarded to an applicant achieving at least 75% of the marks allocated to that Subject. Marks shall only be awarded for correct answers.

Getting the PPL - Permissions
In order to obtain JAR PPL a student has to pass the theorytical exams in HCAA Exam Center into 18 months. The student can sit for any individual paper 4 times and the total sittings are 6. If the above mentioned conditions are not satisfied (18 months time limit, 6 times exams, 4 times per course) then the student has to restart the exams. The student has to complete also the flying training and pass the final skill test with the HCAA examiner max. 24 months after the success at the theory exams. After having completed the flying training the candidate has 6 months margin to pass the skill test.
Holding the JAR PPL Licence you will be able to fly as PIC (Pilot in Command) every single engine piston land light aeroplane (max. take-off weight<5700Kg) for private (not commercial) purposes in VFR-day (visual) conditions. This licence is fully recognized in all member States of JAA (Joint Aviation Authorities, Greece is a member of JAA). In advance, you can extend the rating (IFR, Multi-engine etc.) and to continue to JAR CPL and ATPL licences.

Special Notes - Experience Crediting
The "old" student pilots that didn't manage to complete their training with the old NPPL training system can continue their training to our school. If they have pass the theorytical knowledge exams at HCAA they have to complete the flying training and pass the skill test no more that 24 months after the completion of the theory exams, in order to obtain the old National PPL. In different case, they have to pass the exams at the JAR syllabous theory in order to obtain the JAR PPL (the only experience crediting has to do only with the flight hours, not with the theory). Holders of pilot licences or equivalent privileges for helicopters, microlight helicopters, gyroplanes and microlights having fixed wings and moveable aerodynamic control surfaces acting in all three dimensions, gliders, self-sustaining gliders or self-launching gliders may be credited with 10% of their total flight time as pilot-in-command in such aircraft up to a maximum of 10 hours towards a PPL. For example, if one has 100h PIC in gliders, then he/she needs only 35 hours for the PPL(A).

HEAD OF TRAINING
Economopoulos Ion-Georgios	Chief Flying Instructor

FLYING / GROUND INSTRUCTORS
DOMENICONI PAPADAKIS ALESSIO	Flying Instructor
RIGAS IASONAS	Flying Instructor
GIOTOPOULOS ILIAS	Flying Instructor
TOULIOPOULOS SERAFEIM	Flying Instructor
TSOPELAS ILIAS	Flying Instructor
KOUTSOUDIS GEORGIOS	Ground Instructor
TSOPELA STAVROULA	Ground Instructor

Chief Ground Instructor
Tsopelas Ilias