What happens after my trial lesson?

After your trial lesson, you're free to take as much time as you need before making any decisions. There's no clock running, no follow-up pressure, and no obligation whatsoever.

A lot of people want to sleep on it. Some want to do the research — costs, time commitment, what a PPL actually involves — before they feel comfortable deciding. Others know immediately that they want to continue. All of these are completely normal, and we work with them all.

The trial lesson is designed to give you the information you need to make a good decision, not to sell you on something. If you decide it's not for you, that's a perfectly valid outcome.

When you're ready to take the next step, you request a training plan. This is a short online form — it doesn't commit you to anything, and there's no charge for it. We use it to understand your availability, your goals, and the pace that suits your life.

From there, we put together a personalised training schedule for you to review. You can approve it, ask for changes, or decide not to proceed. Enrolment only happens once you've seen your plan and are happy with it.

If you're unsure whether to proceed, the most useful questions to work through are around time and regularity. A PPL takes most people 50–60 hours of flying, and the students who get there most efficiently — and at the lowest overall cost — are the ones who fly at least once a week throughout their training.

If you can't commit to that kind of regularity right now, it doesn't mean you shouldn't start. But it's worth being honest with yourself about whether the timing is right. Starting and then losing momentum significantly increases the total hours (and cost) needed to reach test standard.

The costs section of the help centre covers all of this in detail — including realistic total cost estimates and an honest look at how training frequency affects overall price.