So I am back in Oxford for the next stage of training which is called the 'Instrument Rating' phase. Since my last post (which was a while back!) we were awarded our gold bars and wings which was an amazing feeling and was worth all the hours of hard work to receive them.
I have since done 3 sorties in the sim and have completed two VFR and partial IFR familiarisation flights and the pace is starting to pick up with work load and complexity of the flying, however, it's all still loads of fun and it feels so much more real as we fly through the clouds on a really poor weather day and you're greeted with fantastic sunshine and a carpet of white clouds with the likes of BA, American, United, Delta, Emirates etc over the radios.
Certainly up there with the big boys, but they all started out somewhere too!
Congratulations to all my friends who have recently passed their IR exam and enjoy the 737!
Sam
