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Private Pilots License?

  • 17-08-2013 6:47pm
    #1
    Briano96
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6 ✭


    Hello there,
    Is it possible to get a PPL for cheaper than what it is now because the price is far too steep for me to afford for the next few years.
    Is it possible that the RAF would help me achieve this goal?

    Thanks,
    Brian


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  • #2
    andy_g
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,561 ✭✭✭andy_g


    The RAF wont take Native Irish into fly so your hopes would be dashed on that part unless you wish to be ground crew.


  • #3
    Xpro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 901 ✭✭✭Xpro


    Briano96 wrote: »
    Hello there,
    Is it possible to get a PPL for cheaper than what it is now because the price is far too steep for me to afford for the next few years.
    Is it possible that the RAF would help me achieve this goal?

    Thanks,
    Brian


    It is possible. But not in Ireland or UK.

    You will have to travel to US to obtain a cheap PPL.


  • #4
    jamo2oo9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,780 ✭✭✭jamo2oo9


    You need to be a British citizen to join the RAF. If either of your parents were born in NI, you can apply for one. Not sure how this is done but it's possible.


  • #5
    Dogwatch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,553 ✭✭✭Dogwatch


    jamo2oo9 wrote: »
    You need to be a British citizen to join the RAF. If either of your parents were born in NI, you can apply for one. Not sure how this is done but it's possible.

    Not strictly true, you need to a British subject for certain jobs, but generally they will take Irish citizens


  • #6
    jamo2oo9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,780 ✭✭✭jamo2oo9


    Dogwatch wrote: »
    Not strictly true, you need to a British subject for certain jobs, but generally they will take Irish citizens

    Sorry I meant as a fighter pilot or army jobs.


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  • #7
    Del2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,102 ✭✭✭✭Del2005


    jamo2oo9 wrote: »
    You need to be a British citizen to join the RAF. If either of your parents were born in NI, you can apply for one. Not sure how this is done but it's possible.

    I think you can also get citizenship if your parents where born before 1949 in the Republic

    http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/britishcitizenship/informationleaflets/bnchapters/bn3.pdf?view=Binary


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