Starting my pilot training in Jazirah Aviation Club
I reached out to the Jazirah Aviation Club (Checkout their website) to inquire about their Light Sports Aircraft (LSA) pilot training program. Here is my journey so far from the day I reached out to my first flight. Here is an outline of the LSA program:
Security clearance
Medical assessment
Ground school
First flight
Timeline of Jazirah Aviation LSA program
Date | Step |
|---|---|
2024-01-08 | Reached out to Jazirah Aviation Club |
2024-01-10 | Requested security clearance |
2024-01-24 | Security clearance issued |
2024-01-26 | Medical certificate assessment |
2024-01-27 | Ground school started |
2024-02-11 | Written exam |
2024-02-14 | First practical flying class |
Fees of getting LSA from Jazirah Aviation Club
Before I start, it costs ~30k up to 35k dirhams for 25 hours of theory + 40 hours of flying. Paying in installments of 5 phases is an option.
Getting a pilot security clearance
The club told me - to my surprize - the clearance could take up to a month for this clearance to be issued luckily mine happened much earlier. They did the application for me; I just submitted my documents (EID, passport, etc) and paid the application fee of 200 dirhams.
In 2 weeks of submitting I received my security clearance which allows me to proceed to the next step.
Aviation medical certificate
I went for an aviation medical certificate assessment at a clinic recommended by Jazirah. This certificate, issued by the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), involved several tests:
ECG
Audiogram
Eye tests
Spirometry (lung function)
Urine drug test
The entire assessment took a couple of hours and cost 850 dirhams. The certificate was issued on the same day.
Starting ground school
Now that I'm clear, I paid the membership and ground school fees and started my first ground class the same day. Ground school requires 25 hours covering various topics:
Aircraft general knowledge
Air law
Metrology
Communication
Principles of flight
etc
Ground school hours was very flexible I was able to take live classes online in the early hours of the weekdays as well as weekends.
Only 2 weeks later I completed 25 hours and took a written exam. From this point onwards the fun starts.
First flight
February 14 - yeah valentines - I recorded the first entry in my pilot logbook, I wrote about my first flying lesson.
I took my very first practical flying class in an Aeroprakt A22 aircraft.
