Introductory Flight Pilot endorsement

Completion of the BGA Introductory Flight Pilot (IFP) endorsement training course, assessment and successful application to the BGA qualifies an SPL holder as an IFP.

Helpful reference

BGA Laws and Rules Gliding Certificate and endorsements.

The student IFP 

A student IFP must hold an SPL.

The instructor

The person carrying out the training must be a CFI or a suitably experienced FI(S) appointed to carry out the training by the CFI.

The aircraft

The aircraft used must hold either a valid ARC or NARC and be assessed by the club as suitable for the training. Clubs or instructors can contact the BGA for advice.

The course programme

The BGA has developed a course programme for use by BGA clubs only. These course programmes may only be used or reproduced or copied with the written permission of the BGA Ltd.  If any issues or errors are discovered when using the course programmes, please do highlight via the BGA office.

The IFP training programme is available here.

Training records

Both the student IFP and the instructor should sign for completed training as the training is progressed. These training records need to be stored in a manner that restricts access to those people who are authorised to access them. The BGA training organisation requires clubs to hold these records rather than student pilot holding the records and to sensibly restrict access to those involved in the instruction. If a student pilot wants a record of their training as they progress, they can of course take a picture or other copy of their training record. The training records can be electronic or paper.

If a club member moves to another BGA club to complete some training started at their own club, the relevant CFIs should arrange transfer of a copy of the training records between them. In that case, it is recommended that the club that started the training keeps the original copy of the record of training they completed.

Completion

Completion of the training shall be recorded as detailed in the IFP training programme.

A completed IFP application form must be submitted to the BGA.