Week 50: Off to Bournemouth, ready for the final push.

This week I mostly took the opportunity to enjoy the company of my friends and family before heading back down to the South coast in readiness for my next stage of training. I've been placed with 5 others on my course, and ironically the house we're in is about a mile from the one I lived in during my initial training as an air traffic controller. As a house it's standard student accommodation so nothing particular to complain about, and as we're at the end of a blocked road last night I slept like a log due to the relative silence. 

This morning we were back in the classroom for our induction briefing at CTC's main UK flight training centre, which is on the northern side of Bournemouth airport. After what seemed like a constant stream of introductions we got down to business, straight back into formal tuition concerning UK airspace and our flights we're planned to fly. We actually only have 8 flying events and 4 weeks in which to complete them before we're due over at Nursling for the Airbus phase, so if the weather cooperates we could be done in about 2-3 weeks, with a cheeky bit of leave at the end. However, given EZMP03's luck concerning the weather, i'm not holding my breath!

For tonight it's just a case of settling into the house more and a bit of light reading before more lectures tomorrow. The phrase 'death by powerpoint' was uttered today, and it couldn't be more true; even with time off everyone seems to have left the classroom tired and in need of a nap! Hopefully by the end of the week I will at least have done my first sim, and perhaps even the first upset flight before the weekend, as i'm already pretty sure my instructor's off which means I am too. Enjoy the last of the summer...